Not if the source of the fires is ever-changing scope or features by clients and/or BAs/Executives, especially with them trying to bypass the existing process a

Not if the source of the fires is ever-changing scope or features by clients and/or BAs/Executives, especially with them trying to bypass the existing process and get the changes out the door that day. When pretty much everything is determined to be an escalation... I've been in this situation many times.