I feel the same way, but the countervailing force is significant group of managers and developers alike who really truly hate spending any time without a rigid

I feel the same way, but the countervailing force is significant group of managers and developers alike who really truly hate spending any time without a rigid structure. Having never taken the time to build a proper mental map, they are lost without a detailed literary. They're allergic to open-ended tasks and use process as a crutch for their lack of confidence. Dealing with ambiguous technical problems is scary; there is a real prospect of failure, or going the wrong direction, or hitting an organizational blocker, or failing to anticipate changes... Some would rather work on an assembly line (and force their colleagues to as well) just so someone else can shoulder the responsibility for the hard problems. And their numbers are large enough to influence how software is developed.