@Liquidxlax @L4MD4 @lemuel
What you guys are speaking of is exactly my area of education. Constant change is the nature of software development, that's a fact and it isn't going to change. The ideology/methodology referred to as Agile, the expiated response to unexpected change, is more and more often becoming the industry standard, at least in the west (though, due the nature of most companies, in an altered, unideal form), and the solution to what we see in this manga and your comments. I can't speak to this specific instance for obvious reasons, but I'd guess this is what we're seeing, albeit in an poor or strained form, in this chapter.
As for project failure rates, the numbers are high and not very clear, but improving, currently well over 40 to 50%, and back in the early days, something like over 80%, but they're shrinking with the development of Agile which responds to the unfortunately unpredictable nature of software development. While I'd agree "scope change" is somewhat unprofessional it is common, and what we saw, unexpected change in requirements, certainly is not and is the norm. What we see in this chapter isn't nearly as bad if responded to under the correct circumstances. Put my education to use, ask whatever.