[_jesse]

Nope, hate sprints. Continuous planning works much better in my experience because it is _actually_ agile. It lets you constantly reset what your current priorities are. It lets you plan out projects and think about the projects and what it's going to take to get them over the finish line, without the constraint of "well, what do we think will fit into the next two weeks"? Also, sprints totally strip autonomy from engineers, I don't know why anyone would argue that they give engineers more autonomy.

Honestly, I just really hate the arbitrary timebox and all the problems it brings. You totally don't need sprints to do anything that's a part of the scrum process. Want to be more introspective as a team? Schedule a meeting every few weeks to talk about problems you're facing as a team and how to solve them. Want to plan out your work in advance? Cool, do that for every project you're going to be tackling.