> "So often business leaders just want shit done, and when the technical types warn about reliability or technical debt, there is a lot handwaving. Thus short a

> "So often business leaders just want shit done, and when the technical types warn about reliability or technical debt, there is a lot handwaving. Thus short attention spans see agile as a way to justify shortcuts." This is the crux of the problem with agile. The reason it's embraced so readily by business types is the reason that it fails. With the 'justifying shortcuts' description you hit the nail on the head.