I wonder if having scheduled downtime to rest, reflect, and decide your next moves would work here? Intuitively, it seems like “sprint on a goal for a quarter, take a week (or however long) to reflect and red-team your plans for the next quarter, then sprint on the new plans, etc” would minimise a lot of the downside, especially if you’re already working on pretty well-scoped, on-point projects. (I think committing to a “tour of duty” on a job/project, and then some time to reflect and evaluate your next steps, has similar benefits.)
(I can see how you might want more/longer reflective periods if you’re choosing between more speculative, sign-uncertain projects.)
I wonder if having scheduled downtime to rest, reflect, and decide your next moves would work here? Intuitively, it seems like “sprint on a goal for a quarter, take a week (or however long) to reflect and red-team your plans for the next quarter, then sprint on the new plans, etc” would minimise a lot of the downside, especially if you’re already working on pretty well-scoped, on-point projects. (I think committing to a “tour of duty” on a job/project, and then some time to reflect and evaluate your next steps, has similar benefits.)
(I can see how you might want more/longer reflective periods if you’re choosing between more speculative, sign-uncertain projects.)