It is valuable to have engineers who know how to decouple individual pieces to eliminate (reduce) these dependencies. These dependencies are almost guaranteed points of conflict and risk for the project.
Tell that to a hardware manufacturer that is developing a camera, with firmware, three different processors, drivers, APIs, SDKs, host software, lenses, speedlights, marketing materials, packaging, distribution, documentation, etc., while coordinating manufacturing lines in three different countries, and engineering efforts in two.
It is valuable to have engineers who know how to decouple individual pieces to eliminate (reduce) these dependencies. These dependencies are almost guaranteed points of conflict and risk for the project.