[pesto88]

May be putting myself out there, but I've been on 2, both received after a year of working at respective companies, and both "passed."

Both teams I was on did scrum, with point values that denoted how much time a given task should take. Under both PIP's I had to finish a full X week's amount of work, with the end of each sprint being a hard deadline.

There were regular, sometimes bi-weekly meetings to see that I was on the right track, that were either performed by the managers themselves or someone from HR.

One lead to me quitting 4 months after, and one actually lead me to having a stronger connection to my manager / team. I'd say it's sort of a wake up call saying "Are you really committed to this project/team/company?"