This week, my main task for this sprint was canceled. While not as momentous as the cancellation of an entire project (I’ve been there too), deleting the past week’s work still stung. This isn’t the first time, though, so I know that there are a few things to keep in mind:

You Didn’t Waste Your Time

Bottom line: Were you paid for your work? Then your employer still sees it as valuable, if only to make sure that a given line of development was sufficiently explored before determining it wasn’t worth continuing. Developing a product or service often means saying ‘no’ to things, and sometimes that means cutting losses before the sunk cost fallacy takes hold.

Source: DZone