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Pomodoro Technique
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<p>The Pomodoro Technique is a <a href="/facts/Time_management/g2kdl0C8">time management</a> method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. It uses a <a href="/facts/Kitchen_timer/VPeJkyzt">kitchen timer</a> to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a <i>pomodoro</i>, from the Italian word for <a href="/facts/Tomato/3d5Xsqw7">tomato</a>, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer Cirillo used as a university student. </p><p><a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">Apps</a> and websites providing timers and instructions have widely popularized the technique. Closely related to concepts such as <a href="/facts/Timeboxing/hon8Q7DB">timeboxing</a> and <a href="/facts/Iterative_and_incremental_development/wqT31VIC">iterative and incremental development</a> used in software design, the method has been adopted in <a href="/facts/Pair_programming/UMVfTYka">pair programming</a> contexts. </p>