Sustainable Pace

This practice used to be called "40-hour week." It has evolved this far to reflect a more general need, which is to keep the team healthy. The practice means to work hard and to rest when you need it.

I believe that the sustainable pace practice needs enhancement, to cover reflection, retrospectives, and other life-sustaining practices. But for now, about all we can say is to stay healthy.

Is Sustainable Pace Essential?

When you put it that way, the answer is obvious: yes. A death-march project cannot possibly produce software of good quality over an extended period of time.