The complexity of coordinating a project involving more than one entity is, of course, an issue across all industrial sectors—just look at the construction industry.

Thanks for mentioning Peter Naur’s Programming as Theory Building (1985).

I would add Fred Brooks and his The Mythical Man-Month.

> It's not really news, though. Programming as Theory Building (Peter Naur) was published in the 80s, I think?

The news is that Agentic Programming has made this always challenging task even more challenging.