Any project that has both features and deadline set by management is going to fail. That's a fact of software development. Lean/Agile doesn't solve that, or eve

Any project that has both features and deadline set by management is going to fail. That's a fact of software development. Lean/Agile doesn't solve that, or even attempt to. It also doesn't attempt to minimise rework (it values iterative approaches), and is strong on exploratory prototypes. Again, I think what you're criticising is "Agile as implemented in dysfunctional organisations" rather than actual Agile. I'm building a startup, though. My definition of "good" software is probably different to yours (and that's as it should be).