Moving Fast without Burning out Your Team

Intense pressure on development teams to produce high quality, delightful software creates an anti-pattern of expectations. Your team may be able to sustain intensity and go for 2-4 months delivering at breakneck speed. That is intoxicating for stakeholders (executives or founders). Naturally, they want more of the same juice. However, asking the team to perform at the same levels will undoubtedly create a death march. The fatigue will kick in no matter the rewards. Question, therefore, is how to continue performing at high velocity without hitting the wall. Is there a way to turn a marathon into a long sprint?Let's discuss what tools, processes, and any other levers that we found helpful to be able to continue delighting customers and stakeholders at the same time.