> Nobody is going to give a development team a blank cheque to produce something they can't describe against no timeline. You seem to be describing an issue of

> Nobody is going to give a development team a blank cheque to produce something they can't describe against no timeline. You seem to be describing an issue of trust and risk assessment. For instance most companies won’t micro-manage projects that probably last for a few days, as they trust their team and/or feel comfortable pulling the plug after a few days if it didn’t pan out: the risk is low enough. Same way buying a new mouse probably requires less oversight than contracting thousand dollars of GCP for 3 years. In that respect, how long a project can be before needing a fleshed out plan, internal milestones with verifiable deliverables and a set timeline comes down to how much the team is trusted.