This quote hits close to home: “Basically at the onset of a project I think the higher ups prefer a dollar amount and schedule that doesn’t shock the public.”<p>When the people who are not knowledgeable about the actual details of the project require their expectations to be met, other expectations of theirs will not be met (the classic &quot;fast, cheap, or good, choose two&quot; joke). I like to say to people making unreasonable demands &quot;Do you want to be disappointed now, or later?&quot;