As someone employing a lot of engineers right now, one of the problems is that engineering will just keep requesting resources ad infinitum if there’s no budget

As someone employing a lot of engineers right now, one of the problems is that engineering will just keep requesting resources ad infinitum if there’s no budgetary limit. The constraints of the business are actually always financial, and without proper financial modeling you’ll cease to have a business. This is true in process scaling no matter the process.