[ozim]

I think the problem here is that people who thought CR will be some "silver bullet" see it is not working for them.

Code reviews are in my opinion still a good tool. It works well in other industries as well. You want to bounce stuff from the other people before pushing it further.

Where it goes wrong is people - so it is people problem not the tool problem. If you do not have good people you won't fix them with code reviews.

It is the same with agile, managers tend to think they can just follow some agile coach and can hire anyone to the team. But the truth is, I see bad teams going bad with or without agile and good teams agile or not going strong.