Totally. In most places what people call "estimates" are just wishful thinking. And that client behavior you describe is what I think of as "Kirk-style managem

Totally. In most places what people call "estimates" are just wishful thinking. And that client behavior you describe is what I think of as "Kirk-style management". An executive thinks that the way to get technical things done is to be demanding and shouty toward the technical person, insisting that the number given isn't good enough. Scotty's pathological response to the pathological situation was to lie his ass off about estimates: https://wiki.c2.com/?ScottyFactor https://wiki.c2.com/?ScottyFactor