This happens when managers think of themselves as the engineering division and the sole isolated source of value while viewing engineers as cost associated with delivery. The proposal PowerPoint is the product and the actual product is a Proof-of-Work that could retroactively nullify pre-realized values.

Wow! This is truly the best explanation of this I’ve ever heard. It explains a lot that I’ve seen.

Mixed with desperation and ignorance. Managers only have so many levers they can push to course correct a situation.

But, it take hubris and incompetence to get there.