> Be clear about how it should be prioritized: “I expect this to take about 2 weeks and not cause major deprioritization of other efforts. Does "major depriori

> Be clear about how it should be prioritized: “I expect this to take about 2 weeks and not cause major deprioritization of other efforts. Does "major deprioritization" have understood meaning in that org? Is "2 weeks" in person-weeks or calendar-weeks? Is the "expect" an assessment of the effort, a business requirement, a priority-based resource allocation, or an attempt at whip-cracking? Any context that would help understand the priority? "We have a high-priority request from Jane. We're trying to close a deal with FooMart, which might be enough to land our next funding round. Sales asked if we could have a demo-grade integration of the CatJet preview with FooMart's CRM within 2 weeks. What could we pull off reliably, and who else's help do you expect to need? ... We could pause almost anything in the Gantt chart except Sally's critical path for the MVP. ..."