It's not a problem when "progress" is easily determined. But regulations are famously "written in blood", created after some employee was a little bit too empow

It's not a problem when "progress" is easily determined. But regulations are famously "written in blood", created after some employee was a little bit too empowered and caused an accident. For example, I'm very happy that employees of the nuclear power plant approval committee don't ignore safety rules even if it does impede the progress of the building process.