Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

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268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
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  1. Hack together a proof of concept
  2. Works well enough that management slaps a “done” sticker on it
  3. Pile of hacks becomes load bearing
  4. One or two dependencies change, the whole thing falls over
  5. Set evenings and weekends on fire to fix it
  6. Management brags about moving fast and breaking things, engineers quit and become cabbage farmers and woodworkers
  7. New graduates are hired, GOTO 1

If 2 and 3 happen the game is up. Management killed it.

That's not agiles fault.

Surely you're not gonna blame the manager.... /s

But that’s what agile sounds like to management. They don’t understand the “it’s held together by hopes and dreams” communication, because all they see is something that appears to work. So why would they invest anything else in it.

This is the most accurate description of anything that's ever been written.