Comment by mynmyn

My first job out of university I worked for a major telco. If I was tasked with changing a piece of code: I had to write an impact analysis document to be reviewed, followed up by a technical design, unit test documentation and then finally I meticulously made code changes. Easily - 3-4 levels of management "signalling" my work. Not sure it really matters in the long run - corporate structure is key...to a successful corporation.