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This sounds like it could result in a chaotic culture where everyone does whatever they want unless actively stopped. For a busy tech lead or staff engineer this sounds like a total nightmare. If you're already asking someone about your plan, there's probably a reason for that and maybe there are limitations or dependencies you're not aware of.

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You generally reserve this tactic for people who act as blockers for everything, or for people who aren't critical to the project/action but still need to be notified.

The problem with busy tech whatevers is they will quite often not reply nor give a reasonable timeliness on which something can be done.

This method forces them to lay out the timeline they can adhere to, and it works as a CYA as it shows you/your group is ready to act and is being blocked by others.

It's up to upper management at that point to deconflict blockers.

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