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Another great entry in Johanna Rothman's blog, this one titled Impossible Schedules Reinforce No Thinking. Find it here

The gist of the entry is that if you put an unreasonable goal in front of a team, they will lose hope, and give up trying any new ideas that might help. They don't have time to try out FindBugs or CruiseControl . They are too busy trying to meet a goal. They have dropped into "crisis management" mode. They are, sadly, just too busy to think.

It's a good read... as always, read her posting. It's much better than my summary. :)