Agile these days is more like a particular sort of religious cult, where's there's no way to disprove the central mantras and there's this eeeevil mythical[0] e

Agile these days is more like a particular sort of religious cult, where's there's no way to disprove the central mantras and there's this eeeevil mythical[0] enemy the cult is meant to overcome. The solution is always more of the cult's mantras. That said, if some company succeeds with an officially non-Agile process, they are still being Agile since they chose the process suited for them. So Agile is always right. The good in Agile: * Think about your processes and your progress. * Inefficient processes should be culled. * Overmanagement is bad. The bad in Agile: * Complete ignorance of the legitimate needs of everyone in business who is not a professional software engineer (most of the Agile mantras are actively harmful here, and are discreetly walked back as in this entry). * Iteration is not a value in itself. * Programmers should be managed, at least so long as the typical corporation has the structure it has, and Agile doesn't provide good tools here (at least none that programmers like...) [0] https://loufranco.com/blog/waterfall-is-a-myth https://loufranco.com/blog/waterfall-is-a-myth