Agile's early evangelists wouldn't mind watching Agile die
Agile, as commonly encountered nowadays, is mostly just cargo cult. People chasing dogma and buzzwords with zero understanding of why and when it has great application and benefits. Just like so many other trends in the past.<p>Way too easy to "seem" productive while actually being net negative for the project.<p>That said, I've had excellent agile projects that have delivered huge value to the customer at cost and time well below initial estimates.<p>These days I ask people who shout for agile to actually explain the fundamentals to me, as though I have no clue. Very rarely do I find anyone who can hit even one of the four original core ideas and values of "agile":<p><a href="https://agilemanifesto.org/" rel="nofollow">https://agilemanifesto.org/</a><p>And when I bring up the core ideas, and why they <i>can</i> work really well, I often see that the people who shout agile actually don't agree with the fundamentals.