These risks were accounted for in the safety requirements of the launch procedures, but Nedelin’s insistence on achieving a test launch ahead of the 7 November 1960 anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution resulted in extreme schedule pressure, in a context of substantial emerging engineering difficulties.[1][2] Ultimately pre-launch tests began to overlap with launch preparations.[2]

Going through a project right now that is about to slam full force into a brick wall for exactly the same reasons. Some things never change.