Where the development team is based physically is the main factor I think. You can deliver the hot coffee to the manager who makes the decision wether the proje

Where the development team is based physically is the main factor I think. You can deliver the hot coffee to the manager who makes the decision wether the project is worth doing at scale or not. They might have some doubt, but there will be an actual coffee in their hands. Convincing the same manager to green light a potentially life saving project for stuff they'll never see with their eyes, on the other side of the earth is way more difficult, that's just human nature I think. This is also why I think empowering (~= sponsoring/supporting) local people to solve themselves their problems is critical and can't be replaced by drop in solutions sent from big brains who have no skin in the game. It sometimes work, but it would be the exception and not the rule.