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That is the problem with sprints. Why should you burn yourself out just to do an arbitrary number of tasks, based on wildly inaccurate estimates, just to meet

• throwaway092837 6y ago
  To make the company more profitable at expense of your health. The whole activity of estimation, planning and reviewing is often just a way to implement micromanagement. What is the benefit? It pushes engineers to spend 100% of their time on urgent tasks and stop doing any learning, exploration of new ideas, discussing alternatives, socializing. [Over]committing creates a constant sense of urgency that leads to higher productivity in the short term. Unsurprisingly, it's a source of burnout.