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Product Development

One Day Sprints

Explore the potential of one-day sprints to enhance team productivity and learning.

John Cutler
Sep 25, 2017 • 11 min read
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Intermediate
Continuous Improvement Culture
Continuous Improvement Strategies
Flow
Flow Improvement
Iteration Management
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Summary

This resource explores the concept of one-day sprints in software development, challenging traditional sprint lengths to foster continuous improvement and team learning. It discusses the benefits of shorter cycles, like increased adaptability and faster feedback loops, while addressing potential challenges and misconceptions. The material is aimed at encouraging teams to experiment with their processes for better outcomes. Engage with this thought-provoking approach to enhance your agile practices.

Takeaways

  • Adapting sprint length can help teams overcome stagnation and improve outcomes.
  • Daily planning and review foster better team communication and learning.
  • Experimenting with sprint lengths encourages continuous improvement and adaptability.
  • One-day sprints can serve as a forcing function to improve workflow efficiency.
  • Smaller, daily goals enhance focus and can lead to faster delivery of value.
  • A one-day sprint process entails, showing up for the sprint, having the conversation, collaborating on what to deliver together with the team, and reviewing the work by the end of the day.
  • One-day sprints could be a good solution for teams failing at their sprints as people are finding value in them and witnessing great success.
  • The only “right” way, is using approaches that let you discover the right way. No non-customized/prescriptive way is optimized for your situation.

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