A lot of the general ideas here seem helpful. I just have some slight issues with the section on rallying support. >Maybe you tell them that you used to work

A lot of the general ideas here seem helpful. I just have some slight issues with the section on rallying support. >Maybe you tell them that you used to work with a competitor who was quite speedy >I highly recommend this over a brute force method of escalating things to the person’s manager or throwing competition in their face. Seems contradictory. I'd also point out that questions and comments like: >Can you help me understand why something would take so long? >Hey we’re really betting heavily on this, and we really need you guys to deliver. >Are we working as smartly as we can? when directed at someone, can be vague and off-putting without some valid specificity behind them.