Re: Practice: Weekly Cycle

Kent Beck wrote:

> The problems to be solved are:
>   * Having a sense of progress
>   * Having an accurate measure of progress
>   * Delivering efficiently
>   * Tracking changing needs
>   * Building a trust-based relationship inside and outside the team
>   * Enabling the team to offer accountability
>
> One of my principles is working with human nature, including natural time
> cycles. One week and one month are common cycles. That's why I'm 
> suspicious
> of two-week iterations--fortnights aren't nearly as widely used as either
> weeks or months.
>
> I have a question for those using two week iterations. After the first 
> week,
> how do you know if you are half done? Is this even an interesting 
> question?

On one week cycles, how do we know on Wednesday?

Seriously, I don't know what the best cycle time is, but my observation 
is that one size really can't fit all.

Michael Feathers





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