Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
I understand that as I said. But it causes a problem where these big companies cannot do things that a single developer can do on their own. They are so tangled up in all these procedures that it stifles progress, and it's one of the things that contributes to all the criticsm SE gets.

I have seen developers that are much faster and have the agency to just add or fix something quick. It would help them to decide what should go through these procedures and what should skip them or be fast-tracked.
They do, that's what a hotfix is, but you can't do that with larger features. What you're describing sounds nice until one of those tasks that skipped procedure or was fast-tracked causes a game breaking issue, or runs afoul of some legal or compliance requirement, or any number of other problems. I don't disagree that corporate bureaucracy is a pain and things could be made more efficient but generally the procedures are there for a reason.