I worked on a project for a large corporation where the manager running the project did this. I thought he was insane until it became clear that the fake proces

I worked on a project for a large corporation where the manager running the project did this. I thought he was insane until it became clear that the fake process created an umbrella for the devs to self-organize under. It wasn't a perfect project but it went better than it would have if the process had been real.