Totally disagree. If your sales only closes a deal with a deadline, leave the client alone, it's a bad client. What is the time constraint on software features?

Totally disagree. If your sales only closes a deal with a deadline, leave the client alone, it's a bad client. What is the time constraint on software features? I cannot really tell. Too often we decide deadlines just for our egos, for presentations, for arbitrary decisions. "We start with the new system in January!" just means, even if the system is not ready, or doesn't do what we need, I want to see people using it, so I can get satisfaction from the accomplishment. It doesn't move a shoe to wait 3 months. It does, if the costs raise.