That's not the idea. There's a shitload of middle ground between breaking everything down into daily tasks and daily meetings; and disappearing for 3 years until you emerge with a completed product.
I agree and there’s the right balance to be struck. But I’ve worked with big customers on big projects, and the one thing they all have in common is a love of metrics. When you’re spending a lot of money you need to be reassured weekly that all is on track and all is good
My heart wants to agree, and I think that up to a certain level for internal projects you can do this. But at some point that’s just not possible from a business perpective.
Can you imagine going to your client and saying “you know that project you’ve paid us 150M$ for? Don’t worry about it, Bob’s on it, he’s the best. See you in 3 years’ time for the launch!”