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by arendtio 1951 days ago
> But methodology should be independent of being able and willing to ask questions.

What if asking questions significantly increases quality and productivity? I mean, strictly speaking, Agile is no methodology but more a set of values [1], that defines a culture rather than a methodology. Yes, there are agile methodologies (Scrum, XP, etc.), but those are worthless without the right culture.

In fact, I think you are better off with the waterfall methods, if your company has no ambitions of changing the culture. So the correct combination of culture and methodology is critical.

[1] https://agilemanifesto.org/

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Culture > methodology

Culture either allows and values questions and improvememt or it doesn't. If it doesn't then methodology will not override (read: fix) that.

Waterfall or not, or otherwise isn't really relevant. Culture is.