A little venting - Work Process or lack of

No details here - but in my opinion, one of the worst ways to start development for a new web site:

• Unclear requirements - make your best guess on major functionality
• No idea how the site will be marketed
• Intentionally tight, guaranteed to miss, deadline
• Other teams that will almost certainly want to have some say in the design left out of planning. They will want major functionality changed later
• Not focusing on User experience first

Stress levels are high. Confidence levels are low. Trying to stay positive. Just keep swimming.