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Agile development is all about building a collaborative, empowered team that delivers value to the customer. However, upper management may prioritize traditional metrics like deadlines and budgets over team dynamics in some organizations. As a Scrum Master, balancing these priorities and ensuring the team remains psychologically safe while meeting management’s expectations around estimation is essential.
Here are some tips on how Scrum Masters can balance team psychology safety with management pressure on estimation:
Keywords: Agile
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