Agreed but I've seen it work much better for _running_ software. FWIW, a common anti-pattern I've seen around here is to use the client's inexperience with "Ag

Agreed but I've seen it work much better for _running_ software. FWIW, a common anti-pattern I've seen around here is to use the client's inexperience with "Agile" to justify having a PO from our side. A "product _owner_" that thus doesn't own anything and has no leverage whatsoever on anything on the client side. Scrum—and "Agile"—my ass.