Iteration Planning ((free)) May 2026

“Reporting can wait,” Priya said. “It’s slow, but it works. Marketing’s tickets can wait. They always say urgent, but check last sprint—they didn’t even test the thing we rushed for them.”

Mia frowned. “How do we measure?”

They picked the refactor first. Then payment retry. Then the compliance field. iteration planning

Two weeks later, they finished all three stories. The refactor made the next sprint’s work cleaner. Payment retry dropped failed payments by 40%. Compliance passed audit without a fight. “Reporting can wait,” Priya said