On the other hand a purely technical may lead an overthinking about some aspects. The real challenge is to optimize the roadmap so that it includes all the technical must haves along with prioritising business outputs.
> So I think partly it's an ego defence mechanism.
I don’t subscribe to the idea that it’s a folk belief, or that it has to do with ego.
I don’t think anyone truly believes “the user doesn’t care” is sufficient justification for anything. It’s about accountability. “The user doesn’t care” is shorthand for “On this team, we’re held accountable for not delivering, not for the results of decisions that only materialize a month or two down the road. We don’t pay attention to how we got to where we are, we fight fires as they pop up.”
Too many people procrastinate pondering „what if’s”.
Tradecraft is not about meticulously gold plating everything as yet another huge group of people thinks or at least juniors.