What is a Cycle?
A Cycle in Sinra is a time-boxed period during which your team commits to delivering a set of issues. Unlike traditional sprints, Cycles are directly linked to Capabilities and Releases, giving you full traceability from planning to delivery.
Cycle States
Cycles have three states:
- Upcoming - planned but not started
- Current - actively in progress
- Completed - finished, with metrics locked
Linking Cycles to Releases
Each Cycle belongs to a Release. This connection ensures that work done in a Cycle directly contributes to a versioned deliverable, maintaining the V-Model traceability chain.
Capacity Management
Sinra calculates team capacity per Cycle based on:
- Team members assigned to the Cycle
- Each member’s availability (days x hours/day)
- Issue estimates within the Cycle
This prevents over-commitment and gives realistic delivery forecasts.