Now reading Randell's 1979 comments on the 1968 report (https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/800091.802915). He quotes J.W. Smith:
"I'm still bemused by the way they attempt to build software... They begin with planning specification, go through functional specifications, implementation specifications, etc., etc. If you look down the PERT-chart you discover that all the nodes on it up until the last one produce nothing but paper. It is unfortunately true that people confuse the menu with the meal."
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