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Do not let urgency erase the constraint

Choose a scope-renegotiation line when a stakeholder asks for extra features inside a fixed deadline.

A stakeholder asks for three extra features inside a frozen Friday release. Choose your response. Sprint review. The Friday release branch is already frozen. Can we add these three workflow changes by Friday? The prospect says it is important. fromTop You need to answer without killing momentum. fromBottom I want to support the deal. I cannot add all three into the frozen release without risking Friday. We can pick one safe change now or ship all three next Wednesday. This keeps the business goal, the no, and the scope tradeoff in one line. If Sales needs it, engineering will need…

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