What? Do you only start working on something the day before your deadline? Do you not plan ahead at all? If you’re always behind the eight ball, scrambling to land whatever you can slap together by the end of the sprint, it’s not going to work. But if that’s the situation you’re in, nothing will work. You’ve got to plan.

It worked fantastically for me at my last job as a lead, and it’s working great for me now as a consultant.