I've worked with a software vendor (as a fortune 50 client) where their architecture and product vision was solid but the engineering team was deciding what asp

I've worked with a software vendor (as a fortune 50 client) where their architecture and product vision was solid but the engineering team was deciding what aspects of both they would implement. Not when they would implement but if they would. Imagine if a carpenter or autoworker did this? The fallout from this was a major contributing factor to their loss of new business.