Epics as Hypotheses, Not Projects, and the Review That Makes It Real
Framing a big initiative as a hypothesis instead of a project is a genuine advance. But a hypothesis is a contract that requires a counterparty: someone to read the evidence and decide. Write rigorous hypotheses into an organization with no review gate, and you have produced the paperwork of agility with the behaviour of waterfall.
There is a real and valuable shift in how mature organizations frame large investments. Instead of defining a big initiative as a project, "we will build X, by dat...