I'm not convinced data would defeat crunch mode. In your example, if a pointy-haired boss or incompetent project manager saw that the group's velocity is 10 and

I'm not convinced data would defeat crunch mode. In your example, if a pointy-haired boss or incompetent project manager saw that the group's velocity is 10 and there's 120 points left, they would simply declare that the velocity must increase to 20 and demand everyone work extra to make it happen. Because, you see, they have already promised their boss and the client that the project will be ready in one month. Data simply empowers them to push the team into crunch mode.