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by smelbe 1426 days ago
It is readable, simple to comprehend for engineering, product, and management; it adds no value to the game; and it positively rewards finishing what you started. It is exceedingly difficult to precisely forecast when a whole product will ship, much less when a complete feature will be released. However, if one breaks a feature down into its legible constituent components and then commits to completing just what is within that (which also necessitates any required communication in order to arrive at an understanding of the requirements), then over time one can become quite good at predicting what one will be able to get done in a sprint and better at only committing to what one believes they can actually complete.