[zebraflask]

A tale as old as (Internet) time - I've seen this cycle happen, too.

Tangentially, I have to wonder to what extent misapplication of Agile, and similar, project management processes is to blame.

You'd think for most relatively simple sites, like we're talking about here, it ought to be planned once and built once, but something about the mindset that the goal posts can be moved during planning and development seems to drag everything out at length.

[lmm]

I think that's pretty backwards. Non-agile is how you get these things being rebuilt every other year because by the time it's built the requirements that were originally gathered are obsolete.