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by DotaFan 1215 days ago
You should certainly be flexible around it, visit them every now and then to update. Also, we should enforce them once they are set.
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Really don't like the enforcing. Okay, mixed feelings there.

Rules should help you along, perhaps set a framework for your thinking. But they never should limit you in achieving your goal. When establishing a rule you should also specify what you want to achieve by it, how you'll measure its effects and under which conditions it should be removed.

Rigid rule enforcement has a strong danger of shifting the priorities of the developers to the detriment of your business.