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Depending on the size or the organization, that word commitment can create numerous issues.

It can keep teams from collaborating because of a need to finish their commitments first, effectively blocking the other teams and delaying actual delivery of the product. You can see the same issues in customer support requests. The second that somebody decides to measure completed sprint commitments, you are in deeeeeep trouble because it forces people to low ball to hit that number. It removes your ability to pivot.

The entire concept of sprint commitments in a moderately sized team is borderline destructive.

This change is the best news about software development I’ve read in YEARS.