I think this may be one of the reasons for IETF's success. Compare with, for example, 3GPP standards. The fact that each WG does a single task and is disabanded

I think this may be one of the reasons for IETF's success. Compare with, for example, 3GPP standards. The fact that each WG does a single task and is disabanded early means, according to Conway's law, that individual RFCs will be relatively independent.