Manage delivery, not time Too many Agile teams make the mistake that the purpose of a sprint is to produce two weeks worth of work. It isn't. The well-planned sprint is a focused collection of activities to achieve specific goals or produce pre-agreed deliverables.
There is no Plan A! If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, so goes the saying. Yet skipping or cutting back on planning work and discussions is an important shortcut for many organisations.