You're a recruitment agent

[MicrosoftBob]

The irony of Pondlife commenting on Agents, who are normally described as Pondlife

[Pondlife]

you don't know technically what the client is choosing to do shall inherently lead to problems later in the project causing uproar, frustration and cost.

You also don't know from your lack of experience what to do. How do you help the client to see that more resources is obviously the way? This is the core of recruitment - technical experts, contractors or consultants need not apply.

Typically I'm giving my clients a choice of recently graduating canditates rather than quality ones. But when there's many stakeholders whose understanding is challenged....