Agile approach for managing your goals. Sprint cycle overview.

05/06/24 • 10 min

Let's review the core components and rituals of a sprint cycle and how you can apply those to your personal goals and projects.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - - Overview
(00:20) - - Creating backlog
(01:51) - - Calculating sprint capacity
(02:18) - - Deciding on the number of goals for the sprint
(02:57) - - Sprint planning and scrum board
(03:54) - - Duration of a sprint
(05:05) - - Daily standups
(05:37) - - Sprint retrospective
(05:57) - - Cool-off week
(08:18) - - Repeat the cycle
(09:15) - - Where to start
(10:19) - - If you don't want to wait for the next video

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05/06/24 • 10 min

Monthly Method - Agile approach for managing your goals. Sprint cycle overview.

Transcript

Polina Bee00:00:00.239

So you say, I'm convinced, and I want to try this Agile framework. How do I do it? So let's start with the quick overview of the whole agile cycle, the sprint cycle. I will go into each detail separately in a separate video. Otherwise, it's gonna be a long video. I just want to give an introduction. So the agile method starts with the backlog. It's a document where you record all your ideas, all your goals, all your tasks, all the projects that

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