this reminds me of a custom practice : dead-term delivery, using their equipment / material, etc .... just do something, doesn't matter if you can't finish it, but be sure that you deliver it by monday 10 am, because their meeting is at 10:30, and they must present some results : boss, look, i tried, it didn't work, we will analyze why until our next meeting ?! yeah, tommy is a good guy, we have to suport it