Some death marches are out of desperation and some are for show to investors or boards. Desperation marches usually come from undemocratic process from the star

Some death marches are out of desperation and some are for show to investors or boards. Desperation marches usually come from undemocratic process from the start. When engineers are treated as vassals it hides the true costs of the project. When you're trying to get to an MVP it takes compromise and listening to engineers. Do the design before you hire engineers don't interate on code and design at the same time. Get your design process complete, find out about current best practices so you can evaluate framework choices. Separate out the design process from engineering, the tools are available to get your ideas down solid before you spend a lot on engineering.