That's also a useful managment tool. I often ask "Uninhibited by any actual knowledge, I would think X is the easier solution, what's the real story?" A compete

That's also a useful managment tool. I often ask "Uninhibited by any actual knowledge, I would think X is the easier solution, what's the real story?" A competent team will either explain why things are the way they are or give you an improved version of X that may be faster than what they had you if you're willing to accept the associated limitations. Often that dialogue on limitations is valuable because the client facing people may know some things about what limitations can be accepted without client impact and are thus good choices.