No, it acknowledges the reality, that people, including you and I, don't know what is good for them.
Being forced to come up with design documents is very similar to forcing doctors to use checklists. They complained, and still complain, that they are professionals and don't need the bureaucracy and 'assumption of incompetence'. But the numbers speak for themselves: there are much fewer medical errors when they are forced to use simple checklists.
My colleagues are all competent, yet they produce much better work if they are forced to first come up with a design document.
Being forced to come up with design documents is very similar to forcing doctors to use checklists. They complained, and still complain, that they are professionals and don't need the bureaucracy and 'assumption of incompetence'. But the numbers speak for themselves: there are much fewer medical errors when they are forced to use simple checklists.
My colleagues are all competent, yet they produce much better work if they are forced to first come up with a design document.