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How One Engineering Manager Stopped Her Team's Death March
In this episode of Tech Leadership with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dissect a real-world case of a death march project that nearly destroyed a team at a mid-size SaaS company. They walk through the warning signs—crunch mode lasting more than two sprints, diminishing returns on overtime, and silenced dissent—and then discuss the intervention that reversed it: a radical scope-shedding exercise called 'trim the tree.' Lucas explains how the engineering manager used a simple prioritization matrix to cut 60% of planned features without losing the core customer promise, and how she rebuilt trust with…
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