Just told somebody who came visiting me, paying appropriate supplications to the IT budget guru, wanting to spend a couple of million dollars before the end of the year.
First question to him - where's your documentation.
Answer back - what documentation?
The documentation that was required that we asked for back in May?
Oh, I didn't think we have to do it.
If you don't have the documentation, you can't spend the money because we cannot track the expenditure.
Well, can I get it in to you now?
Yes, but you probably will not have enough time to develop the paperwork with sufficient clarity and address all points in the time remaining (about 30 work days), to include all of the planning attachments, etc. (we are talking millions of dollars here).
Can you make an exception.
No.
Made his day. My work here is done.