Naturally. In an Agile environment it's more or less impossible to get it right the first time without seriously forward-thinking architecture, which takes time

Naturally. In an Agile environment it's more or less impossible to get it right the first time without seriously forward-thinking architecture, which takes time that could be spent pushing harder towards the deadline. It's a business decision to organize software production this way. Refactoring and ease of software maintenance are quality of life issues for engineers. Not business concerns.