[roeles]

I think showing evidence of your progress is an effective way to plan more realistically (evidence-based) than the wishful thinking I've seen.

The moment estimates are no longer without consequences you get this kind of behavior. I've done it too, in a place where I personally had to be present in a call with the customer to explain why I went 2 hours over the (someone else's) estimate. Your behavior changes after such a call.

The main point I was trying to get across is that team morale appears to be very important for the velocity. You don't get high morale by stuffing too much work into a sprint or making any single story important.

My main objection with Scrum is that people tend to take the rituals as gospel. Which is why I mentioned Agile rather than Scrum.