I agree that The Date™ is sometimes driven by legitimate factors. And that other things often become tied on to The Date™. But The Date™ also is a BFD when non

I agree that The Date™ is sometimes driven by legitimate factors. And that other things often become tied on to The Date™. But The Date™ also is a BFD when none of that is true. And if things like client training and penalty clauses were all that important, people would be extremely careful about picking dates that are realistic. Instead, frequently The Date™ is made up and people get fetishistic about Meeting The Date™ in ways that are untethered from actual circumstances or consequences. That's a sign to me that the real purpose of The Date™ is not the nominal purpose. > There is a reason some activities are called Sprints. You can't do them all the time. This is a perfect example of how distinct the nominal purpose and the actual behaviors are. In the Scrum framework, things are structured as an unending series of Sprints, back to back from here to eternity. Whereas in reality, a sprinter like Usain Bolt runs, what, 10 or 20 officially timed races per year at under a minute each? And the rest of the time recovering, prepping, and training.