This has never been my experience. If your managers can't believe you when you say the gloss is just good design and not a sign of completeness, get a new manag

This has never been my experience. If your managers can't believe you when you say the gloss is just good design and not a sign of completeness, get a new manager. If your manager doesn't understand anything about infrastructure, and reacts to a poor interface with talk of program cancellation, get a new manager.