When team members are told to come into the office to work MandatoryOvertime even though there's no hope of getting everything that's asked for done. This allows management to later defend any late or incomplete delivery as being the customer's problem for asking for so much.

Seen in cases where
* the customer doesn't know or refuses to accept data that the project scope is larger than the time and people available
* the development team can't or doesn't have the political power or will to give accurate assessments of progress to the customer
* management is in need of AnAcceptableWayOfFailing