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How One CTO Replaced Sprints With Flow-Based Planning
Episode 47 of Tech Leadership with Fexingo explores how a CTO at a mid-size SaaS company abandoned two-week sprints in favor of flow-based planning. Lucas and Luna dig into the concrete numbers: cycle times dropped from 12 days to under 3, throughput rose by 60 percent, and developer satisfaction scores hit an all-time high. They discuss the key mechanics—limiting work in progress, using explicit queue limits, and shifting from story points to cycle time metrics—and the specific failure modes that led the team to make the switch. The episode also covers the hardest part: convincing product…
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