Are organizations still trying to move in that direction when engineering software products? I know it's been tried for decades now. But my limited experiences in organizations that tried it have not been very good. I'm curious if any organizations have made it work.
At the risk of drawing accusations of using the "No True Scotsman" fallacy, I'd say that most attempts have been trying to force-fit that type of style on projects that don't warrant it. That happens in all areas of engineering, though. The specific problem in software, IMO, is that too many projects are considered software "engineering" that shouldn't be, because they just aren't complex enough.
