plan B
plan C
plan A
underpants gnome
abortion
miscarriage
alternativity
Tower of Babel
nonsolution
counterstrategy
counterplan
go-around
if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs
overshoot
flaw
wave-off
divergent thinker
paint oneself into a corner
lay an egg
non-starter
box oneself into a corner
formula
wheeze
fudge
make one's own luck
lock into
kink
fallback
misplan
there's more than one way to skin a cat
self-defeating
cargo culting
half-measure
end
goal
course of action
go to the wall
strategy
third way
technology transfer
nonachievement
flat out
exnovation
evolutionarily stable strategy
nonaccomplishment
possibilism
on the wrong track
runner
drive a coach and horses through
pipe dream
schemelessness
fall back
pragmatist
worst of both worlds
underachieve
reinvent the wheel
trial-and-error
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
law of diminishing returns
prophylaxis
contingency plan
flaky
goat rope
now what
mooncalf
fiddle
fossilization
lose one's way
approach
afterthought
roadmap
replan
pitch upon
hidden agenda
counterproposal
the end of one's rope
let's roll
fall down on
rejectionist
retro-engineer
change tack
put through
go through with
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
follow up
wrong
carry out
implement
architect
incorrect
scrape the bottom of the barrel
shit out of luck
follow through
hit a wall
cobra effect
follow out
faulty