Agile for Humans with Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller
YDS: Mastering Cycle Time & Right-Sizing PBI's in Scrum
Jan 11, 2024
Learn about measuring cycle time and right-sizing tasks in Scrum, debunking myths about task sizes, strategies for effective right-sizing, forecasting with probabilities, and expert recommendations from Agile experts like Dan Vacanti.
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- Cycle time is measured irrespective of task size and plays a critical role in identifying task efficiency.
- Right-sizing tasks is crucial to meet service level expectations and optimize task size based on specific requirements.
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Measuring Cycle Time with Different Sizes
Cycle time is measured by elapsed time and is not affected by the size of the tasks. Regardless of whether a task is large or small, the measurement of cycle time remains the same. The misconception that all tasks need to be the same size for predictability in cycle time is debunked. Instead, it is important to focus on right sizing tasks as they enter an active state and consider whether the service level expectation can be met. The goal is not to make everything the same size but to optimize the size of each task based on its specific requirements.
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