[Tyrannosaurs]

"Believe it or not, things haven't really gotten worse since then. Actually, they've gotten a bit better. See, 2-5 years is about how long a not-really-Agile Agile team can survive before before things shudder to a complete halt. But not-quite-Agile was Actually. So. Much. Better. (I know! Who could believe it?) than what these terribly dysfunctional organizations were doing before that they're interested in making Agile work."

This.

Speaking as a manager struggling to get agile implemented properly I think this is key. Pseudo agile isn't great but it is way better than the pseudo waterfall (or just hacking - in the pejorative sense) that was in place before.

Organisational change is really hard. When the consequences of that change go against everything that's happened before and when they reach a long way from the place trying to make that change (including outside the organsiation to customers in many cases), it's even harder, but it is slowly happening.