Amen, Project Management is helping a team climb a ladder as fast as possible while being aware of scope and risk (like bus factor).

Business clarity is both wisely choosing, and convincing the team of the most lucrative ladder for the business to climb.

And the most common refrain is a paraphrase on "We don't know why we're climbing this ladder, but we're climbing it too slowly!"

I do a lot of consulting and it's pretty common that the main value we provide is giving a reality check on whether many of these ladders even need to be climbed because all the people involved are focused on how slowly they're getting up and not allowed to step back and see what's supposedly above the top.

That sounds great. Is it some sort of Agile tool, or what?

It's a new cert I'm selling. /s