You kind have a point ... the original title is like making three lefts to make a right. :) My sense of the underlying insight is that if, * the org's ability

You kind have a point ... the original title is like making three lefts to make a right. :) My sense of the underlying insight is that if, * the org's ability to get good customer requirements * the org's ability to have good cross functional management between biz/eng * poor domain expertise either in the domain or realm of software * there's plenty of smart guys/gals but the domain of work is newish and complex (e.g. transition from app dev to distributed algos) so that scope is unclear and it's hard to know A much important B less so then it really is better iterate early, often circling back to correct/improve any of the above when possible.