---
title: "“Sprints”: The biggest mistake of Software Engineering"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/sprints-the-biggest-mistake-of-software-engineering-yebvo1jsq
source_url: https://medium.com/@noriller/sprints-the-biggest-mistake-of-software-engineering-34115e7de008
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-12-28T08:51:00.734Z
updated: 2023-12-28T08:50:59.032Z
tags: ["agile", "work-life-balance"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 43
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# “Sprints”: The biggest mistake of Software Engineering

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 43 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the misconception about agile, the problem with sprints in software engineering, and the negative impact of pressure for speed on software quality.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://medium.com/@noriller/sprints-the-biggest-mistake-of-software-engineering-34115e7de008>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@digeomel** · 4 upvotes

> This is one of the worse articles I've ever read here. The thoughts of the writer are all over the place, sentences and paragraphs not connected with each other. Maybe it makes sense to Brazilian devs, I don't know. But the clickbait title seems to be yet another attack on agile in general, mentioning sprints, when no related argument is actually made against sprints, other than the imaginary misconception that some IT managers may have (Really? After all these years? Haven't they had any training on the matter or read anything about it?), that the word "sprint" may imply delivering projects...

**@lvasquez** · 2 upvotes

> i havent read the article but the horse drawing is hilarious

**@makuma** · 1 upvotes

> All I have to do are things from XGH memes… My life is a joke

**@ikroeber** · 1 upvotes

> Also giving a nice feedback to the author himself, I suggest taking a look at [this channel](https://www.youtube.com/@Gino_Terentim). You are also from Brazil and will probably like his videos, but I suggest even trying to find some of his courses. During my MBA in Software Engineering, I had the pleasure of having classes with him and hearing his explanation about Agile and the history behind it. He also likes to share lots of good reading material as reference, including some awesome books I already knew but never had much time to read.

**@devleader** · 0 upvotes

> Very interesting 😂 the name is hilarious!
>
> I like sprints mostly just to keep a rhythm for things like retrospective activities, in the general sense.

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