That environment reminds me of Conway's law[1] - code structure reflects organizational structure.
It sounds like the problem was decisionmaking power was spread out among far too many people. Detailed documentation was a side effect. Removing the documentation likely wouldn't have fixed the problem.
It sounds like the problem was decisionmaking power was spread out among far too many people. Detailed documentation was a side effect. Removing the documentation likely wouldn't have fixed the problem.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law