At 34, not old. Maturing, perhaps.<p>It’s worth reading the original Waterfall paper. If you’ve only ever heard of it as the bogeyman, it might surprise you.<p>From your tone here, I think you are seeing “people over process” play out in your context. Celebrations? Talking? More talking? Time to do work? These all smell like a sensible organisation doing sensible things. Congratulations, you lucky &^%*&^%&^.