What our learnings were. We hope it gives you some useful ideas for how to run your own sprints and inspires you to give it a go as well. Why did we hold a sprint in a day and what is it? When speaking with Paul Evans (Mindera’s CEO) about sprint in a day, he had thi...
Remember, as sprints are short, intensive projects with a clearly defined end date, they should be run alongside your team’s day-to-day tasks and shouldn’t be a replacement for them. For this reason, available time should be calculated by looking at the hours available in your working d...
As a bonus, Jonathan — who has run more design sprints than I have — watched the energy level of the room and helped me figure out when to speed up and when to slow down. 6. Music to keep the peace Many of the activities in the design sprint require silence, but it’s hard ...
As with anyworkout, a little goes a long way. Work into high-intensity sprint training gradually to allow your body to adapt to the demands of the workout, and stick with it to see improvements in your running fitness and overall health. ...
How to run a sprint retrospective in 6 steps Now that you’re armed with the questions you want to ask, you’re ready to pull your retrospective meeting together. Here are six steps to make it happen. 1. Use Miro’s free retrospective templates You don’t need to start from scratch....
2. Define the Sprint goal Come up with a sprint goal: The purpose of having a goal is to be able to select user stories that support the goal, i.e. help you work towards something bigger than just delivering a collection of stories or unrelated features. It’s also really useful to ...
How to run a sprint planning meeting Lucid Content Reading time: about 8 min While effective Agile sprint planning can’t guarantee a successful sprint, a successful sprint cannot happen without effective sprint planning. If done correctly, sprint planning meetings can not only signify the beginning...
REI employee Matt Jewett is a former intercollegiate cross-country and track athlete and semi-elite sponsored runner. He has coached numerous runners, from top-ranked high-schoolers to coworkers to his own two daughters and their friends. ...
With that said, let’s get to it! 8 Running Tips on How to Become a Faster Runner Training to run faster is intentional. Not many athletes will pick up the pace with a nonchalant workout schedule—at least, not a speed they can maintain. ...
How to Improve Your Easy Pace This isn’t how experienced runners do things. “They use the first few minutes of the run to let the body warm and prepare for the effort ahead, rather than forcing it into a surprisesprint,” saysJulia Lucas, a former professional runner and a current coa...