IMO, classical projects had a goal, an end. Modern dev work is often exploratory (in the user sense) so has to be grown. Or less kindly, the sponsors don't kno

IMO, classical projects had a goal, an end. Modern dev work is often exploratory (in the user sense) so has to be grown. Or less kindly, the sponsors don't know what they want, so we do a lot of hill climbing instead of going directly to our target.