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Podcast: Troubleshooting Agile
Episode: Indefinite Sustainable Pace Vs Crunch Time Cramming
Description: In this week's episode of Troubleshooting Agile we are on to Agile Principle 8: "Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely."
Drawing on sport psychology, Al Pacino movies and their years of consulting experience, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss and troubleshoot a number of fascinating issues surrounding this principle:
-How many people find this the easiest Agile Principle to argue with, and, in doing so, entirely miss the point.
-Why the Hollywoodesque idea of "Crunch Time" and pulling-an-all-nighter may appeal to Theory X bosses and the delusional, but is detrimental...