“They are forever repeating, back-to-back deadlines.”
A sprint lasts one or two weeks, and then the next one starts. Ard cites a study where mice forced onto treadmills showed stress and fear responses, while mice on voluntary wheels did not. Most shops run “Scrumfall” anyway, with a Waterfall deadline sitting on top of the sprints. Developers get the pressure of both and the control of neither.