The original comment says "a 12 month delay isn't a solution, it's a problem." But sometimes there is no solution other than recognizing that it will take long

The original comment says "a 12 month delay isn't a solution, it's a problem." But sometimes there is no solution other than recognizing that it will take longer. Or at least not with the current team. And yes, that means telling everyone involved up to and including the CEO if necessary. The only other "solution" was clearly to quit, which they did. A $60M project with 200 people on it isn't going to be able to pivot to creating that photo-sharing app (or whatever) 12 months faster. It's unethical of the entire management team to not immediately go to the client and tell them that the project is seriously behind expectations, in fact, "career limiting move" or not. This is why outsourcing gets such a bad name. It's frequently run by unethical scammers who are just there to milk money out of clients.