Re: Practice: Slack

Hi Keith,

> How do you prevent "minor tasks that can be dropped if you get
> behind" from being interpreted as broken
> promises/comittements?

One possibility is not to promise them or commit to them.  That 
isn't a foolproof way to prevent people interpreting the change 
in scope as a broken commitment, but you can sometimes negotiate 
expectations up front.  "We promise to deliver these three 
things.  And if we have time, we'll do those other two things, 
but we can't promise that until we see how these first three 
things go."

Dale

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