yes this is one of the agile issues we try to tightly manage estimates & timelines on small iterative tasks, breaking up any larger work items into smaller and

yes this is one of the agile issues we try to tightly manage estimates & timelines on small iterative tasks, breaking up any larger work items into smaller and smaller stories, in beautiful hierarchies of tickets.. the only innovative work happens out of sprint / nights & weekends as unapproved stuff that would have been nickel&dimed into 27 stories across 10 sprints if it went through the agile process in a Greenfield project these sorts of estimates driven iterative work methods are innovation killers