No, the grievances against Agile are just too voluminous and wide-spread, consider even Dave Thomas&#x27;s presentation about how Agile is dead due to the ease with which it is subverted for political manipulation [0].<p>If someone as key to software productivity as Dave Thomas is saying this, it&#x27;s clearly not just because of a vocal minority.<p>Your suggestion that we should check whether it&#x27;s just a vocal minority is a good one. We should check that.<p>Unfortunately, it&#x27;s extremely obvious that it&#x27;s not the case, and the dysfunction &#x2F; failure mode of Agile is extremely common, by far the majority of Agile implementations.<p>[0] &lt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=a-BOSpxYJ9M" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=a-BOSpxYJ9M</a> &gt;