TBH, I read this as: we mismanaged the project for months (years?), reduced scope creep by negotiating with the client, and finally implemented what should have been the version 1.0 solution while shifting the blame entirely on the loner dev who worked himself into a corner trying to catch up to our sales department's untenable promises.
Everyone created the problem, the dev was an easy target to eat the blame because of his ego.
"We could not build a hotel, so we bought new hammers and built a great dog house instead."
Everyone created the problem, the dev was an easy target to eat the blame because of his ego.
"We could not build a hotel, so we bought new hammers and built a great dog house instead."