I've been the manager in this situation. After a week of my team floundering, I just skipped to panel four, and told them that the execs had made a decision. Nobody ever checked.
I think I had ONE exec ask why a UI choice was made after I'd told the team, which caused a few side eyes from my developers. I said "you said this was okay in the meeting three weeks ago, remember?", and he said "oh, that's right, I did".
It's much easier to get forgiveness than permission.
I worked on a project where the software was used in the medical industry. We had strict rules for which colors could be used and when, so it should have been an easy matter to decide and move on. But it always took 3-6 months of meetings before the originally-suggested color could be okayed.
I've been the manager in this situation. After a week of my team floundering, I just skipped to panel four, and told them that the execs had made a decision. Nobody ever checked.
I think I had ONE exec ask why a UI choice was made after I'd told the team, which caused a few side eyes from my developers. I said "you said this was okay in the meeting three weeks ago, remember?", and he said "oh, that's right, I did".
It's much easier to get forgiveness than permission.
I worked on a project where the software was used in the medical industry. We had strict rules for which colors could be used and when, so it should have been an easy matter to decide and move on. But it always took 3-6 months of meetings before the originally-suggested color could be okayed.