I believe it's realistic and maybe necessary to distinguish between primary participants in work, and others. If you are a primary participant, with deliverables or drive, being told to hold off on change you can forsee is needed would be deeply frustruating. As an other, I feel very disrespected for my time, when work I am engaging in to review/audit or otherwise changes under my feet during the close time. I don't want to objectify people, but I do think the roles we occupy have to be understood. My need to ask for people to hold on change, has to balance with their needs to complete work to time. I don't know what the answer is either btw. There is a good body of work on record and underway on the time and other costs to make documents. I think this process has to be understood in that context. (probably I'm not saying anything others haven't said, and said better) _G
