Absorb the good idea or say no now?
Choose a response to a good but poorly timed idea that protects focus and preserves trust.
Your VP posts a smart AI dashboard idea during an already committed sprint. The team is excited, and the thread is drifting toward approval. ROADMAP DECISION What do you reply in the channel? Add it to the sprint because the idea is strong. You preserve excitement, but you hide the opportunity cost and create priority drift the team will feel later. Say the sprint is closed and shut the thread down. You protect capacity, but the response may feel like process theater and reduce trust with the stakeholder. Validate the idea, name the trade-off, and set a scoring step. Strong…
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