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VPEng/CTO responsibilities in deferring a project with exceeding scope

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Description

A big project that isn't the top priority needs to be pushed out a quarter due to engineering capacity. This is the consistent view from the engineering and product teams but a number of folks on the senior executive team will be really disappointed. To what lengths do we go to explore alternatives and who carries the message in an organization?

Another variation is when many on the engineering team are convinced that a major project needs to be pushed out 2 months (scope/staffing can't be solved say) and this new timeline is going to be very disappointing to CEO (how much do we creatively explore ways to get it done despite the team having already done this? who carries the message to the team/CEO?

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Issue type
Documentation
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
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