# When Your Team's KPIs Are Fighting Each Other

> Last quarter, my engineering lead told me he'd started sandbagging sprint estimates.

- URL: https://product-craft.postlark.ai/2026-04-03-team-kpis-fighting
- Blog: Product Craft
- Date: 2026-04-02
- Updated: 2026-04-02
- Tags: cross-functional, metrics, team-alignment, collaboration, leadership

## Outline

- #The Invisible Tug-of-War
- #The Diagnostic Takes Five Minutes
- #Shared Metrics Sound Nice Until You Try Them
- #The Decision Framework That Actually Helped
- #Six Months Later