In time, in time, in time (echo, echo, echo).
Yeah right, in time... Which time are you referring to? Your time, our time. Probably the sprint time. And why is it so important to you to finish sprints at all costs. Isn't it more valuable to serve the customers needs? What is it with you all?
First of all, I know what's behind this. We want to be experts at estimating the sprint length, or better: estimate what's going to be build. It's a way to get better at scrum. But what's the importance of speed milestones when your scrum team is developing at the most effective way or still is growing on that? What do you want to accomplish with that kind of stirring up? The only thing you get is incensed team members if they lack finishing the sprint, even if they are one story point in disadvantage.
So stop the frustrations and just focus on getting better. There are more ways to become better than trying to finish the sprint. Like pushing yourself to the limit and know the failures that you will make are guidelines to become just even better!
For a long time people thought that one mile could not be run below 4 minutes. Like the sound barrier in aviation. Those things could not be overcome. But the record of one mile is now at 3:43 and the sound barrier was by far not the end point of speed. We push ourselves cause we want to be better. When we don't: we won't. If you're at peace with your performance, you will not get better. If you are always doing the things you are good at, you will never, ever get better than you are now. You must want to get better and focus on the things you do worst and try over and over again. Then the boundaries will leap further than you ever could imagine.
You are not a failure and you absolutely fail no one if you do not manage to finish the sprint in time, in time, in time...
First of all, I know what's behind this. We want to be experts at estimating the sprint length, or better: estimate what's going to be build. It's a way to get better at scrum. But what's the importance of speed milestones when your scrum team is developing at the most effective way or still is growing on that? What do you want to accomplish with that kind of stirring up? The only thing you get is incensed team members if they lack finishing the sprint, even if they are one story point in disadvantage.
So stop the frustrations and just focus on getting better. There are more ways to become better than trying to finish the sprint. Like pushing yourself to the limit and know the failures that you will make are guidelines to become just even better!
For a long time people thought that one mile could not be run below 4 minutes. Like the sound barrier in aviation. Those things could not be overcome. But the record of one mile is now at 3:43 and the sound barrier was by far not the end point of speed. We push ourselves cause we want to be better. When we don't: we won't. If you're at peace with your performance, you will not get better. If you are always doing the things you are good at, you will never, ever get better than you are now. You must want to get better and focus on the things you do worst and try over and over again. Then the boundaries will leap further than you ever could imagine.
You are not a failure and you absolutely fail no one if you do not manage to finish the sprint in time, in time, in time...
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