The essay is just a long winded way of saying the quote from Eisenhower: "Plans are worthless, but planning is essential" Which is of course a short winded way

The essay is just a long winded way of saying the quote from Eisenhower: "Plans are worthless, but planning is essential" Which is of course a short winded way of saying that the article makes a lot of sense. We for example have sprint goals - these are things that the team commits to actually getting done during the sprint. Then there are tasks in the sprint which may or may not overlap with the sprint goals and may or may not get done during the sprint. It's always about trade-offs.