Does it bother anyone else that we use the word "sprint" in agile? Does it make sense to always be "sprinting"?
Personally, the idea of floating down a waterfall sounds way more appealing.
Personally, the idea of floating down a waterfall sounds way more appealing.
FWIW, that's not a universal thing. A lot of people use "iteration" in preference to "sprint" - but sadly, not enough. I think the term "sprint" should be abolished personally.
Does it make sense to always be "sprinting"?
Absolutely not. And it may be "just a metaphor" but I think the metaphors we use matter. And you absolutely can't be "always sprinting". It's an absurd notion.
In running/swimming, the short events are called sprints. In contrast with long-distance events.
Does anybody have a better metaphor, a noun word that suggests a short distance, in contrast against a long distance? (E.g. "block" or "jump" or "hop" don't really work because none of them inherently communicate the idea of shorter -- a hop is longer than a step, for instance.)