TrawpieA day is too short to plan around and a month too long to notice problems. A week is about right: long enough to finish real things, short enough that a slip shows quickly.
Plan four weeks in detail
Put real tasks in the next four weeks. Further out, keep it rough: a phase, a milestone, a few big items in the Backlog. Detail far ahead is mostly guesswork, and it goes stale.
The Friday review (15 minutes)
- Look at this weekWhat got done? Mark it done.
- Carry over honestlyUnfinished work carries over. If something has carried twice, ask why: too big, blocked, or not important?
- Look at next weekDoes anyone have too much? Move something, or drop it.
- Update the statusOn track, At risk or Off track, on the Overview, with one line.
Example
On Friday, Jo’s “Draft the report” carries over for the second time. The team splits it into “Write methods” and “Write results”, and Sam takes results.
Use the weekly metric for the one number that tells you if the week went well: words written, hours logged, tickets sold.