Haha, fair point on overestimating them!

And I'm with you—my default instinct is also to tell Gary to back off using a Process Reason (e.g. 'It's not in the sprint'). It feels safe because it's logical.

The 'Advice at the end' was just trying to highlight why that specific shield often cracks against a VP (because they think they own the process). Glad that specific breakdown was useful to read, even if the scenario felt a bit generous to the exec!

Again, it also depends on who "Gary" is in the real world!

It totally depends who Gary is....