[rgoulter]

> How would this affect our work?

This reminds me of the appetites and bets that Basecamp's "Shape Up" describes. https://basecamp.com/shapeup

Instead of keeping scope and time 'fixed' and sacrificing quality, instead try and keep quality and time 'fixed' but be willing to sacrifice scope.

Having an 'apetite' in mind for how much you want a particular feature then mitigates: if you fail to achieve what you want in the fixed time period, do you want to try again later or is it more effort than it's worth to you.