For all the very justifiable shit "Agile" gets, this is what the original "Agile manifesto" agile was supposed to prevent, right? Deliver something early, so you (customer and devs both) learn more quickly what's missing and what will never actually be needed.
In a way but also I think there are unfortunately a lot of consulting firms where the core business model is just to make sure they can keep billing the client for as long as possible. So they will prefer that the project or collection of projects are never really finished and will just keep increasing the scope with no real regard for business outcomes except contract extensions.
See? Even clients benefit from early delivery! The consulting firm can't just bluff about their ability to deliver! I guess the reason I brought it up at all is that this seems like a very preventable tragedy if people grokked some pretty easy principles. Ah, maybe in a generation or two...
