Scrum is the new waterfall
I&#x27;ve been at a few studios, all expounding how they&#x27;re &quot;Agile! Scrum! Fast-Moving!&quot; And I&#x27;ve seen true &quot;agile&quot; horror shows.<p>Stand-ups consisting of everyone either A) trying to prove they actually did work yesterday in as many words as possible or B) taking this as a chance to have a nice chat with everyone. Hour-long daily stand-ups are not agile.<p>The worst though was the planning meeting for next sprint, where no one had a #$%^ing clue what they needed to do, what the priority was, where the dependencies lay. A day every two weeks you dread.<p>I think the big take-away is not to do Agile for Agile&#x27;s sake. Do it to solve a problem- if developers don&#x27;t know what each-other is doing, there&#x27;s solutions. Working on a product with changing requirements? Work in sprints to be able to respond to that. But don&#x27;t do it because it&#x27;s what all the cool kids are doing.<p>EDIT: The inverse is also true, people. It&#x27;s not supposed to be a religion, you can pick and choose practices and processes to fit your requirements. Do what you need to do to achieve the goals you want to achieve.