The gap between your design documents and your actual code widens with every sprint. In our survey of 100 engineering and product leaders in safety-critical industries, only 5% said their teams review architecture daily. Almost half wait until release phases to examine structural issues. We surveyed leaders across automotive, medical devices, industrial automation, and aerospace and defense—industries where defects mean recalls, regulatory failures, or worse. The pattern was clear: Teams building life-critical systems are struggling to match the pace that modern development demands . Many are still relying on processes built for a different era while being pushed to deliver at today’s speed.