> there may be unspoken requirements, or requirements that the people who want the work done don't know they have That is just restating the problem that the "

> there may be unspoken requirements, or requirements that the people who want the work done don't know they have That is just restating the problem that the "PO can't define the goals." It's a bigger problem in the industry. Somehow, the Agile marketing campaign succeeded, and now everyone is Agile, regardless of whether the team is following one of the myriad paradigms. I can rattle off dozens of orgs doing Scrum, but maybe 1 or 2 that actually are. Maybe doing two weeks of work and calling it a sprint, then doing another two weeks of work...and so on. No defined roles. It's just a badge word on the company's culture page. The companies that are really doing something Agile are the consultancies that are selling an Agile process.