[pjc50]

This is absolutely not lying and I'm disappointed that anyone thinks it is. This isn't "not doing the thing and saying you did", it's just setting its delivery date into the future, an entirely routine operation for every software project that actually ships.

[daveevad]

From my perspective, the tactic misleads the stake holders about the real priorities. It's a deception and corrodes trust in the organization. The article even describes it as a 'bureaucratic judo trick.' It really seems to me as analogous to the micro-services guy or the architect guy insisting their way prevails.

[catlifeonmars]

I think we’re talking past each other. In my reading of the original article, the author needed to get consensus from various individuals in the organization who were by definition not stakeholders. They had little to no stake in the project or its goals and could therefore block the project with no personal risk.

I could be misreading the article, though.

I agree that it is detrimental to trust to lie about the project roadmap to stakeholders.