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Yeah, I agree, TSOANM isn't really about a death march.

I am abusing the term. I worked on some death marches with guys who saw themselves as Tom West though, which is probably why I chose that phrase.

A death march, to me, is a project that you know can't succeed but you are forced to go forward anyway.

I once had a boss hold the team at work until a piece of work was done (and it was 2am before it was clear it wasn't going to happen). That was just one day, but that project was a death march.




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