The premise is wrong - large complex projects breaking new ground are often late, over budget and error prone in other industries as well. The question uses Ai

The premise is wrong - large complex projects breaking new ground are often late, over budget and error prone in other industries as well. The question uses Airbus A380 as an example of a complex project that was delivered in just five years. But according to Wikipedia the project started around 1990 which adds 10 years to the timescale, and the project actually had multiple delays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380#Production_and_delivery_delays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380#Production_and_del... and multiple issues were found (and fixed) after delivery. This is not at all surprising given the scope of the project, but it is strange to present this as delivering a faultless project quickly. "Airbus cited as underlying causes the complexity of the cabin wiring (98,000 wires and 40,000 connectors), its concurrent design and production, the high degree of customisation for each airline, and failures of configuration management and change control" - does this sound familiar? Of course, when the model have been designed and tested, it is pretty predictable and low-risk to build the next one to the same specs, just like it is pretty predictable to build a standard building according to well-tested plans. But this is comparable to installing an existing tested software package on an new computer, which is also pretty predictable.