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I don't see how this is true. If you're building slack into your cycle there should be regular investment time available that a pure flow-based system wouldn't

I don't see how this is true. If you're building slack into your cycle there should be regular investment time available that a pure flow-based system wouldn't have. If there's no slack in your sprint schedule, well there's your problem.

eropple 11y ago
In my experience, Scrum's work-unit factorization encourages thinking of developers as spherical cows that need no personal development, with slack as a concession to reality that patches the damage Scrum itself causes. And Slack is generally considered to be for technical investment, though, not personal investment. A good manager could think past that, for sure, but I've never encountered a good manager that felt Scrum was good or necessary for their teams.
s73v3r 11y ago
"If you're building slack into your cycle" Then management comes over and asks why you're slacking off.