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Re:Should I fire an engineer for working on his side project... by doublescoop on Friday April 28, 2017 @03:24PM (#14222306)
> certain amount of work

This is the crux. How does the business decide what's a reasonable amount of work to get done in a sprint? If the dev in the OP has time to work on his own stuff, why shouldn't the business ask for a bigger commitment in the next sprint?

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Re:Should I fire an engineer for working on his side project... by JustSomeNobody on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:19PM (#14223147)
They can; that's why they track a team's velocity.
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