Individuals Matter
I am a security engineer but have been a business leader from time to time.  Business leaders often need to plan around dates- eg ”should we spend $50k announcing at conference Y in month Z, or should we wait until month A?”  “Our competition just launched; will we be able to launch this quarter (the board wants to know, and we have to report material financial impact items quarterly or face SEC fines)?”<p>Every team I have ever worked with hates planning; every team hates their methodology and thinks it’s stupid and inaccurate and why are those pinhead business people insisting on a date; it’ll be done when it’s done.<p>One of the primary jobs of managers at all levels is to plan and then execute in accordance with the plan.  Some managers are good at it, many aren’t- the world is populated with people nearer the center than the ends of the bell curve.<p>So show me a methodology that mere mortals can implement successfully.  If all you can do is complain and point out unicorn 500x engineers (yeah try hiring for that characteristic, good luck), then I don’t want to hear it.  But if you have a practical idea on how to “solve” planning, then you have my full attention.