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Demotivated team, falling productivity

Team demotivato e produttività in calo · Project Management · Advanced

The case

After months of overtime on a chronically late project, your eight-person team shows burnout signs: velocity down 30%, two stress absences, reluctance in retrospectives and a senior hinting at looking elsewhere. The sponsor keeps demanding to accelerate. You are caught between top-down pressure and an exhausted team. How do you recover motivation and productivity without derailing the project?

Dopo mesi di straordinari su un progetto in ritardo cronico, il tuo team di otto persone mostra segnali di burnout: velocity in calo del 30%, due assenze per stress, ritrosia in retrospettiva e un senior che accenna a cercare altro. Lo sponsor continua a chiedere di accelerare. Sei stretto tra pressione dall'alto e team esausto. Come recuperi motivazione e produttività senza far saltare il progetto?

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