[DougWebb]

You forgot the "assuming requirements don't change" part.

What's actually heard would be "Wa wa wah (up to) six months from now (guaranteed) wa wa."

[cableshaft]

Yeah, and they'll push for four months total at a meeting a month into the project, while simultaneously changing their mind on a half dozen requirements.

[phyllostachys]

Ugh. I was on a project like this. I figured that it was mostly just that specific customer...

[cableshaft]

...Unfortunately, there's a lot of "specific customers" like this.