Great write-up Ivan — this strongly resonates.
I particularly agree with the reframing of Blueprint’s value away from the smoothness of import, toward how effectively it accelerates design clarity and de-risks delivery early. The example of surfacing integration complexity in week 3 rather than later in delivery clearly highlights this.
This is especially relevant with the recent enhancements to the Data & Integrations experience in Blueprint. The new Integration Designer provides a much more robust way to capture and refine integration design intent early, making those architecture discussions more concrete and actionable: https://forums.pega.com/t/design-your-integrations-before-you-write-a-line-of-code
Overall, this is a strong example of using Blueprint as a design and alignment tool first, rather than measuring it purely as a generation mechanism.