I would add "focus on how your progress looks in the eyes of the stakeholders". I lost count how many times I had to fight over doing actual work and coming cl

I would add "focus on how your progress looks in the eyes of the stakeholders". I lost count how many times I had to fight over doing actual work and coming clean on how much is really done versus making the result only appear finished and knowingly merging buggy code. Stakeholders put pressure because of course they do. That doesn't mean lying to them is a sound tactic. It's much better to negotiate a reduction of scope than pretend you've delivered only to later have them, or worse - the users - discover the truth.