Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by raganwald 5693 days ago
I don't know about that SCRUM failure, but the original XP project was a well-documented failure:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Chrysler_Comp...

One way to explain things is to say that teams like Agile whether it's effective or not (for some definition of effective). Another way to explain this is to say that Agile can't make you succeed, but it's the fastest and cheapest way to fail.

When I'm selling snake-oil, I prefer the latter explanation.

1 comments

"Another way to explain this is to say that Agile can't make you succeed, but it's the fastest and cheapest way to fail."

Well said... That really cuts through to both the reality of Agile, and the key advantage.