Do you have another dev team that you can demo the product for or do reciprocal demos? It might boost morale if it is shown to people who would be interested i

Do you have another dev team that you can demo the product for or do reciprocal demos? It might boost morale if it is shown to people who would be interested in the technical merit. I've noticed that on the business side, people have sometimes made their career through whining and complaining. They will never be satisfied because not saying anything or being satisfied looks bad. The game is that they complain, and you respond. If you respond then that person has displayed control over you and your team and the person's status is enhanced. Going skunkworks is going to cause problems if these people know about it because they want a venue so they can play the game. If you are going "dark" , you need to get them to forget about your team's major focus. Start a high visibility decoy project that doesn't suck up a lot of time. Honestly it does not matter to the game players if it is a single page web site or complex business engine, their reaction will be the same. In the meantime, start putting obvious ducks into your sprints for them to complain about, then remove the duck after the demo is over.