Slowing velocity (Sprint 3 Review)

The further into the year I get, the slower my sprint velocity is becoming. 

I'm worried that the excitement and inspiration that comes at the end of a round of Auld Lang Syne has melted into Playstation and television. So I'll make a real effort on the next sprint in the hope that I just need to get into the groove again. 

Excuses follow...


It's been a busy couple of weeks in work. We've had an exciting restructure of the digital team and the first week of my sprint saw me attending interviews for one of the new roles - Digital Content Producer. Week two was packed with brand and tone of voice training, along with ways of working meeting. On one hand, I really like that we've been given the chance to feed into the digital strategy, but on the other, it's been very time consuming and stressful. 

Funnily enough, after spending a long time worrying about how sprints work in the office, I haven't felt the desire to work on my own sprint.

I also don't like the idea of adding blog post ideas to sprint. Forcing myself to write, takes the joy out of the experience and I find it difficult to get started - worrying that my writing becomes too forced.

Sprint review


Oops!
The burndown doesn't look great, and just like the last sprint I had long periods of time (ie the week) of not doing anything helpful. Saying that though, let's focus on the positives.

  • Not only have I come up with an idea for a podcast - I've invited people to take part (please volunteer)
  • I've planned a Twilight Imperium night - it's going to be gnarly
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

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