in order to answer this one needs to understand a thing well enough to know what success looks like and to know what failure modes exist.
The reason to try a new approach to things is because you have demonstrated proof that existing approaches are not working.
let's unpack:
1. what counts as proof?
2. what counts as failure?
3. not working for whom?
4. not working towards what end?
in order to answer this one needs to understand a thing well enough to know what success looks like and to know what failure modes exist.
the most relevant group, obviously, are people currently involved in working in/on/with/through (prepositions lol) the thing.
also relevant however are people who might become directly involved in the future. the over-the-horizon growth potential.
this is part of the necessary context. systems are a means to an end. if the system either cannot clearly define its ends, or defines unobtainable ends, it is incoherent.