Everyone had their own way of doing Agile, and they were selling it like a product.
The simple idea became a system. Then it became a business. Now, many companies say they are “Agile,” but what they really follow is a long list of rules and meetings.
We are not paid to practice [insert your favorite agile framework here] but to solve our customers’ problems within the given constraints while contributing to the organization's sustainability.
On an irrelevant/irreverent note, that image suddenly made me want to find and play an old school point-and-click video game. I think I did in fact play all the Indy ones :-)
Agile Didn’t Fail Us — We Failed Agile
Companies saw it as the new solution for everything.
Big companies wanted to “go Agile” because they heard it was fast and cheap.
Consultants appeared. Certifications appeared. Frameworks appeared. Scrum. SAFe. LeSS. Kanban.
Everyone had their own way of doing Agile, and they were selling it like a product.
The simple idea became a system. Then it became a business. Now, many companies say they are “Agile,” but what they really follow is a long list of rules and meetings.
We are not paid to practice [insert your favorite agile framework here] but to solve our customers’ problems within the given constraints while contributing to the organization's sustainability.
On an irrelevant/irreverent note, that image suddenly made me want to find and play an old school point-and-click video game. I think I did in fact play all the Indy ones :-)