As somebody who was very involved in the Agile movement early on (2000-2008 or so), I don't think Agile deserves the credit here. What I think actually happened

As somebody who was very involved in the Agile movement early on (2000-2008 or so), I don't think Agile deserves the credit here. What I think actually happened was that the rise of the internet made faster release cycles both possible and necessary. Scrum rode that wave, saying that they had the solution. But most Scrum implementations I've seen are not what I'd call conscious, proactive process change. It's just a new set of labels for accelerated versions of the old behaviors (waterfall or code-and-fix or a mix), plus a revenue stream for consultants and a certification scam for everybody else. I wrote more about that a long time ago, and still stand by it: https://williampietri.com/writing/2011/agiles-second-chasm-and-how-we-fell-in/ https://williampietri.com/writing/2011/agiles-second-chasm-a...