> The number one reason teams go into Crunch Mode is that their leaders have failed to understand and/or set realistic expectations for the time it takes to com

> The number one reason teams go into Crunch Mode is that their leaders have failed to understand and/or set realistic expectations for the time it takes to complete a project. Well... Yes and No. In an ideal world, the team decides how long it would take to complete a project. More realistically, I guess, the team is often given a work to complete before a predefined deadline.