Then I don't get the hostility displayed in your original comment. Of course it's not a silver bullet, it's a set of tools for managing development together wit

Then I don't get the hostility displayed in your original comment. Of course it's not a silver bullet, it's a set of tools for managing development together with a philosophy of work. YMMV but we've used several agile ideas (for example iterations, retrospectives, stop-the-line) to great effect to reign in scope creep, increase quality, reduce overtime and make people happier, overall.