> ...most projects where team lead was not willing to "mutilate" were a disaster. It seems like you agree that my core statement ("sometimes the smallest unit

> ...most projects where team lead was not willing to "mutilate" were a disaster. It seems like you agree that my core statement ("sometimes the smallest unit of work cannot and can never fit into a one (or even two) week Sprint") is correct, but are unwilling to explicitly say so. > Are you saying changing state handling... I'm saying that neither you nor I have the details required to understand the minimum time required for the project. You've said yourself that you have experience with tasks that have justifiably run longer than a work-week. So, it's clear that -given more information about the task- you could be convinced that the time estimate is a reasonable estimate of the time required.