[etripe]

> in terms of deadline estimation

In my experience, deadlines are usually arbitrary to begin with. They are the result of annual/quarterly budget allocation much more than actual customer needs. Nothing of value is lost when they are missed.

I understand the need to divvy up budgets, especially in publicly listed companies. What strikes me as nonsensical is the particular inflexibility with these budgets and their poor correlation to actual customer needs. Perhaps this is merely a symptom of the modern business world, where "the business" refers to a class of people rather than the actual business.