We accomplished more in a couple weeks with this perspective than we had in the previous couple of months. This also let us commit to a real project plan and ti

We accomplished more in a couple weeks with this perspective than we had in the previous couple of months. This also let us commit to a real project plan and timeline. Unfortunately, the client wasn’t happy about the projected and past expense, and shut down the project weeks after the development team was starting to show traction. It's amazing how long big companies will let consultant-led software projects go on with zero tangible progress as long as the consultants tell them that the project isn't in gear yet, they're struggling to overcome problems that pre-date them, and they have a plan to start making a ton of progress as soon as they can start working the right way that they know how to. The business doesn't have a way to forecast the project, because their forecast would have to be based on something they haven't seen yet. The minute someone says "we're making good progress" the business will extrapolate that out and realize the project is a money pit.