All my dev life was in finance, they don't give a shit about how its done, they just throw money at the problem until its finished. your boss and your boss's bosses are just worried about making their bosses happy. Another thing that happens a lot: here it comes the big tech company sales man with swag, hookers and travel tickets to their next conference in the most exiting city in the world, the guy in charge will buy any tech from them. and most of the time is pure crap.