Originally Posted By: MarioD
I agree. I worked in research and I know what you are saying.
How about this for an example.

We were developing a product and an apparently useful feature would just "drop out of the design" for zero effort and the marketing guys thought it was a great feature.

Part way through the development that decided they didn't want it. They were quite certain, they definitely did not want the feature. "If I told you it was already there, would you still not want it?". Correct! We don't want it.

Some months later they asked for us to "add that feature now". I was a bit put out. "Why on Earth did you say you didn't want it if you were going to ask us for it later?"

"We didn't want it to slow down release of the initial product"

"But it was inherent in the design ... we had two guys working for three weeks stopping it from working because you said you really, really, didn't want it!".

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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