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    Why is your team not meeting the Sprint Goals? Are you completing any User Stories (or however you capture the features you are implementing) to the satisfaction of the Definition of Done? Are you adjusting your Velocity for the upcoming Sprint based on the previous Sprint's Velocity? Is your Product Owner prioritizing the Product Backlog? Is the Product Owner available to answer questions? What is happening at the Sprint Retrospectives? Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 15:55
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    Other possible reasons include: the features are poorly defined or the definition is changing during the sprint. The developers feel pressure to take on more than they can handle (simply saying they can choose doesn't eliminate this possibility.) You need to look at why they aren't finishing. Does being 'done' for that feature require other teams? Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 18:51
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    So let me get this straight. You're constantly, consistently setting goals that are beyond the team's realistic ability to meet. You've known that this is happening for 18 months, but you keep setting unachievable goals, and now you think it's the team's fault for not meeting them? Einstein's famous definition of insanity springs immediately to mind. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 20:18
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    If " The developers do not choose what goes into a sprint", you do not do scrum. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 21:55
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    The terminology has changed. Agile teams no longer commit to a sprint, they forecast it. And just like a weather forecast, what you expect next week and what actually happens can change. scrum.org/About/All-Articles/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/… Commented Mar 24, 2016 at 0:37