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As a PM I remember the halcyon days when my management would actually request a formal estimate and I would then work with delivery teams to calculate an answer and then add the traditional 50 to 100 pc buffer because I knew they were full of crap/I kept a personal record of their history of estimate vs reality. Nowadays management are in to top down planning so they don't ask for estimates, they don't add realistic buffers so they over promise with one hand and underestimate with the other. Seems to be a trend where everyone thinks they know how to do a PM's job.