While we must sometimes make short-term compromises for long-term gains, great ScrumMasters know when it is imperative to take a stand on principle for the sake of the long-term agility, performance and integrity of the organisation. They might educate stakeholders and management about the benefits of self-organisation and the general advantages of team buy-in. They might also help calculate and visually represent the costs of the technical debt that will likely result from pressuring the team into meeting a fixed scope by an imposed deadline.
