01 · What is a cycle?
A goal, a date range, and a committed set of issues.
A cycle has a start date, an end date, and a list of issues the team agrees to ship inside that window. Past cycles stay searchable, the active cycle drives every dashboard, and the upcoming cycle gives the team time to plan.
- Start date, end date, and a goal statement
- Past, active, and upcoming states
- Searchable history of every closed cycle
- Friendly to teams new to agile
Closed cycles stay searchable. Their backlog rollovers, scope changes, and velocity feed every analytic view.
The team is working inside a time-boxed window. Progress, burndown, and scope changes update as work moves.
The next cycle gets planned from the backlog. Commit to a goal and a set of issues before kickoff.
