Agile's Quarter-Century Crisis
Briefly

After 25 years of the Agile Manifesto, organizations still face significant challenges in effectively implementing Agile practices. A recent survey revealed three main impediments: leadership disconnect, the absence of a clear product vision, and cultural resistance. These systemic dysfunctions indicate that while Agile methodologies are well-documented, their application in corporate settings often falters due to leadership misalignment and a lack of understanding of Agile principles within the organization. As noted by practitioners, the focus on rigid cost and timeline expectations continues to undermine Agile's core objectives.
"We are working for big companies, most of the time they want to know exactly what something will cost and by when it will be ready. This is a bad fit to try and do this in an Agile way; however, doing it in a waterfall way also doesn't yield the correct results, so we're often stuck in a sort of iterative waterfall where guarding scope creep is the main focus."
Leadership disconnect is the greatest impediment to successfully implementing Agile, reflecting a fundamental misalignment between leaders' verbal endorsements and their actions.
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