I disagree, in my opinion it is never legitimate to pressure people into predicting the future, and it simply never works.
There is a very this counter-intuitive thing about predicting the future.
We tend to believe that by cutting our predictions in smaller and smaller pieces, our predictions will be closer to reality, or at least more manageable. But there is nothing further from the truth, the best predictions are made when someone experienced in the field is looking at the big picture and try to give a rough estimation.
This has been proven again and again.
At the end od the day, people are working and projects gets finished not because, but in spite of micro-management and other unhelpful practices.
There is a very this counter-intuitive thing about predicting the future.
We tend to believe that by cutting our predictions in smaller and smaller pieces, our predictions will be closer to reality, or at least more manageable. But there is nothing further from the truth, the best predictions are made when someone experienced in the field is looking at the big picture and try to give a rough estimation.
This has been proven again and again.
At the end od the day, people are working and projects gets finished not because, but in spite of micro-management and other unhelpful practices.