Thank you Gereon,
"Cycle" in this context refers to an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events is completed; in our case analyzing and compiling of material, discussing it, and doing it again - for three cycles. So it is pretty much just the standard Oxford dictionary definition of the term.
Best, Jan
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Gereon Kalkuhl gkalkuhl@freenet.de wrote:
Greetings,
there was a discussion on the German language "Kurier" (equivalent to the "Village Pump") why the word "Cycle" was chosen for the milestones resp. steps of the strategy discussion.
- One user argued that it is a term from agile software devolopment. In
many cycles input is collected while in iterations the result is refined.
- One user argued that "cycle" is unpleasant PR talk. Phrases like
"round" or "phase" would be much better.
- One user mentioned that the word "cycle" reminds him rather of the
obsolete waterfall model, where you have development cycles.
So what can I answer in this discussion?
Thanks, Gereon
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