One of the engineers finally took pity on me and explained that every engineer in the room had an annual goal he or she worked toward, which was evaluated in EMS, based on a functional matrix of what excellence looks like for his or her job category. In this division, the amount of rework caused by an engineer was one of the key metrics to which the engineer would be held accountable. So any plan that increased rework would negatively affect that engineer’s annual review and career. Getting this project to market sooner, while certainly admirable and perhaps even desirable to the company at
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