Perhaps, but having worked for a government sub-contractor that had precisely this problem, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s as universally true as you would think.<p>At that particular company, everything was a &quot;task&quot; and tasks were just thrown at employees as they came.  This wasn&#x27;t just limited to software development either...this applied to customer support and service as well.<p>Their solution, and the solution the customer (government contractors) was to schedule numerous and regular meetings in order to touch base and monitor progress...which only contributed to the problem.<p>Also the article itself is actually a case study...