In relation to the miniSim that was done this week, it would be best to find those who have closest knowledge of these tasks (have done them before typically or something of the like) and involve them in the conversation.Like we found in the sim, the people who were more distant from the actual work needed to be done cannot be expected to give a realistic summary. Naturally, those more higher up are going to care more about timelines while those closer to the task are going to be more focused on getting the task done properly. I’ve seen this clash of priorities in my own experience as we’ve had higher managers of departments ask for things to be done/promise things in much less time than was actually required. When those people much more familiar with the neccessary processes were notified of this, there would be an uproar as it would be nearly impossible to do the task in the first place, and if it got done, it would cause more problems than the actual solution solved.