> In sprint planning > Team has 19 story points in the sprint and a...
> In sprint planning
> Team has 19 story points in the sprint and a “capacity” of 20.
> Scrum master searches the backlog for a 1-point ticket and finds one far down the list to add.
Why?!
Would we do this low priority ticket now if we weren’t doing sprints?
No.
Solution? Drop the sprint timebox. Focus on single piece flow instead.
Stop wasting time trying to fit exactly the right amount of work into an arbitrary time block.
1. Break work down into small pieces
2. Prioritize the list and work it top down
3. Ship daily.