Paper costs jumped again and my team is worn down by constant reprioritizing - we’re here to serve the Church, but we still have to hit margin targets. For those managing content or production groups, how are you keeping morale steady while tightening budgets and protecting release quality? I’m considering a two‑week sprint cadence with Friday “Sabbath hours” blocked - anyone tried something similar?
We set a fixed sprint cost cap and a simple swap rule — anything added bumps something of equal cost — so the team can say no without feeling unhelpful, and paper spend stopped seesawing. It’s like putting guardrails on the bowling lane so folks can focus on aiming, not fearing a gutter ball. Would a cap‑per‑sprint model work with your vendors, or are prices too jumpy right now?