Plenty of software that doesn't actually solve the goal and ends up being unmaintainable also comes out of locking a bunch of smart people in a room. You make

Plenty of software that doesn't actually solve the goal and ends up being unmaintainable also comes out of locking a bunch of smart people in a room. You make it too complicated, no one can modify it without tons of domain knowledge, you make it too abstract and flexible and the abstraction leaks and the flexibility means a ton of extra time spent. You can really only lock devs in a room if you have very very clear product expectations and a longer term vision that allows people to add flexibility where it's needed for future projects. This simply won't happen with most companies because that's HARD.