There are lots of places where you get 0 of that before providing an estimate. And yes they are still solvent. As others mention there are lots of unknowns in

There are lots of places where you get 0 of that before providing an estimate. And yes they are still solvent. As others mention there are lots of unknowns in an organization. I've been in places where the other team involved is across the globe in a different timezone and isn't even actively willing to respond and yet we continue... There are also cases where lots of parts are outsourced and you're lucky to get a reasonable response i.e. changing part x requires vendor a, b, c & d, which have an SLA 1-8 weeks and so you're already starting 4-32 weeks without even working anything else out. If you're really lucky it could still all be done in 1 day. Not sure if you're harsh as you say or just lucky. Not everyone and every team is well organized.