IMHO purpose of agile was to reduce the work in progress at Toyota. This can improve efficiency of existing assembly line. It was never supposed to build the ne

IMHO purpose of agile was to reduce the work in progress at Toyota. This can improve efficiency of existing assembly line. It was never supposed to build the new and improved assembly lines in short sprints. But that's what it is being shoe horned into and have become an excuse for not spending time doing the requirement gathering and deep design thinking. I strongly feel Agile is a nice fit only when base work is done properly in terms of getting the software architecture and contracts correctly defined.