I think the parent is coming from a place where projects have a defined start point and a defined deliverable at the end. In that situation, they might be advoc

I think the parent is coming from a place where projects have a defined start point and a defined deliverable at the end. In that situation, they might be advocating for spiral development [1], which isn't really that different to agile. It's a bit more process-heavy maybe, but as always these things are what you make of them. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_model