That description of "pizza-box development" (unfamiliar term for me) sounds pretty good actually? Seems pretty agile: informal planning, time-boxed sprint, revi

That description of "pizza-box development" (unfamiliar term for me) sounds pretty good actually? Seems pretty agile: informal planning, time-boxed sprint, revisit with stakeholder, repeat. It gets so much worse when the implementers are further from the stakeholders or customers. What's the issue there? I've also worked in consulting and appreciate the explicit requirements, but I find the formality much less efficient than the process you describe earlier. It ends up being very "waterfall" and exactly the approach the Agile Manifesto attempts to counter. Perhaps you prefer a more waterfall, hierarchical development process, or the companies (big ones) or industries (highly regulated) that necessitate it?