How Many People Does It Take To Design A Webpage?

We have a requirement for a 404 error page.

I asked the Product Owner if we have a design for it. Should be simple shouldn’t it? Probably has a heading, a company logo, maybe some other text.

He posts on Slack that he has had a word with the User Experience team and they are going to design it. Fair enough, although why hasn’t this been designed already? We are several months into a Web-based project.

A Software Architect then replies saying that he has put together some “findings” and will arrange a meeting with other Architects to discuss it.

Hang on! how many people are involved in a simple page design? Why does it need Architects?

The world has gone mad.

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