Agile is not "it's done when it's done".
Agile is "it makes sense every day of the week, we should talk often".
Agile is "it makes sense every day of the week, we should talk often".
My comment strictly refers to many of the articles[0] and comments[1] that push back on the modern incarnation of scrum/agile/whatever. Productivity theater in project management is net harmful to innovation and actual product development velocity, but my point is that we can't go to the other extreme and have no planning or any kind of measurement.
[0] https://rethinkingsoftware.substack.com/p/why-scrum-is-stres...
Agile was ruined because of this need to be predictable and adaptable to plans.
And business folks often overlook that it is predictable and adaptable -- just not in the way project managers were educated in the old days (or even to this day, I don't know) expect.
The guide also mentions the backlog refinement: “ This is an ongoing activity to add details, such as a description, order, and size.” It’s true that scrum doesn’t directly mention story points but tell me whether story points or t-shirt sizing aren’t the two most common ways to size a story.
Those are "Events", activities to support development work. Unless you mean programming, testing, discussions, code reviews, etc are ceremonies as well?
> It’s true that scrum doesn’t directly mention story points but tell me whether story points or t-shirt sizing aren’t the two most common ways to size a story.
Borrowing your own words: "...story points aren’t in any way mandated by the..." Scrum Guide.
Keep what works for you, leave what doesn't.