Re: Sprint lengths around holidays?

Right, that's what I prefer to do as well, but I have seen occasions when
enough people were out that you couldn't really run the ceremonies. That's
why I think you need that second option.

On Monday, October 19, 2015, 'Quick, Alissa' [email protected]
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> We typically leave the sprint timeframe as is, but reduce velocity to
> account for the amount of time people will be out of office. In some cases
> it may be a drastically reduced velocity, but it keeps some momentum for
> the team members who are still in the office during the sprint period.
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> I think you have to make a judgment call whether enough team members will
> be present on enough days to get anything done. If the answer is yes, I
> would say treat it like any other sprint, and be mindful of the fact that
> the velocity will be an outlier (usually). If the answer is no, I would
> just postpone the start of the sprint until everyone is back and work on
> housekeeping like Wouter suggested. That is a matter of personal
> preference. I don't like to extend sprints, but there's no reason you
> couldn't (it should not be a regular occurrence, obviously.)
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> On Monday, October 19, 2015, Christofer Jennings [email protected]
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> Do you change sprint lengths around the Holidays?
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> I don’t mean any old holiday through the year. For that I assume you don’t
> (I don’t). But what about around the end of the year when many people are
> off for periods of days, and those days kind of overlap but not
> necessarily? For example, I have a team that wants to add a few calendar
> days to a couple of sprints so they have enough people around for things to
> get things done. Some ceremony days would naturally fall on days when
> basically no one’s around.
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> What do you think?
> -boz
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