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The problem is often political. I have been at many orgs where the management of the dev team over promises something to the executive, and then when ops finds out about it and realizes the project is going to be a giant dumpster fire whose failure they will likely be blamed for, it becomes really hard for people to foster a “we’re on the same team” mindset.

As with most organizational dysfunction, middle management fiefdoms are to blame.

It always helps when the executive can see through this bullshit and ask the right questions, but often by the time this happens millions of dollars have been wasted.