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by andrekandre 1283 days ago

  > when the achieving all targets was impossible in the in the first place.
slightly related: when managers keep pushing for "increasing velocity" every sprint, causing those impossible-to-achieve targets (and ends up demotivating the team like nothing else)
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unsolicited advice: "like nothing else" is a meaningless intensifier that sounds like something a 10th grader would say, distinct from "more than anything else" which would specifically imply that the demotivation is more impactful than any additional work towards the impossible
thanks for the reply, actually i was thinking the same after i had submitted the comment... appreciate the feedback ^^