That would be true insofar as another premise is true: large backlog means we are drowned in business work and the internal cleanups that are very important con

That would be true insofar as another premise is true: large backlog means we are drowned in business work and the internal cleanups that are very important constantly get kicked down the road. I started pushing back and the backlog at least stopped growing; even managed to remove 2-3 items this week, first time in months.