Project deadlines and bad management - Impacts?
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Fred Brooks famously wrote in The Mythical Man Month that the customer can wait for their omelet to cook, or eat it raw. And Richard Feynman said “For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
There’s nothing the front office people can do after they announce unreasonable ship dates, except explain why they didn’t hit those deadlines. And they have to explain that, not you. You have given them the information they need. If they choose to misrepresent it, it’s on them, not you. After a few cycles of this nonsense, nobody will believe their BS any more.
So, while this kind of foolishness is annoying, it’s not terribly important. Do good work and your team will be proud.