Actually, you may be right, in a way. I've seen some government organizations pull a trick to motivate change - they schedule a change for a certain date... a

Actually, you may be right, in a way. I've seen some government organizations pull a trick to motivate change - they schedule a change for a certain date... a "hard stop" and everyone has to switch. From the outside this looks like insanity, boiling the ocean... panic!! The trick comes in, they never had any intention for the change to be complete by that date, just to motivate people with the threat of impending required change. Many will scramble or work hard to meet that deadline, but there are always those who are left behind. Then, to make it work, nearly before the deadline, the deadline is extended for special cases by a reasonable, margin to allow those that don't convert to catch up. In any case, the goal is to give the illusion that there is a make it or break it deadline for real, and then address the consequences as they come up after the deadline.