Framework
Sprint and recover cycles
Alternate intense, fully scheduled work periods with deliberate slower periods of rest or reflection.
Alternate intense, fully scheduled work periods with deliberate slower periods of rest or reflection.
Components
- Intense sprint (monk mode / intense writing)
- Step back: rest, maintenance or structure work
- Repeat
Who describes it
- Dickie Bush — Monk mode vs maintenance mode: Alternate short, fully scheduled sprints aimed at a single outcome with slower periods of rest where ideas for the next sprint form. (Dickie Bush · Dickie Bush (Jul 2024) ▶ 13:57)
- Paul Millerd — Two-mode writing process: Alternate intense writing periods with stepping back to shape structure. (Paul Millerd · Paul Millerd (Dec 2023) ▶ 05:01)