They never had room. The refactor had become a ghost story—told to new hires, never actually faced.
“Let’s try something,” she said. “No points.” iteration planning
Then Priya did something unexpected. She closed her laptop. They never had room
No one said anything. Everyone had learned that pointing out math was seen as “resistance.” never actually faced. “Let’s try something
Leo watched the board change. Twenty-seven points became three stories. The room exhaled.
This Tuesday was no different. The team shuffled into the conference room, coffee in hand, Jira already glowing on the screen. Mia, the product owner, clicked through the backlog with the cheerful precision of someone who had never spent 3 a.m. debugging a race condition.