<i>My favorite variant on this is combining &quot;agile&quot; with no design or requirements up-front with a rigid change request process at the end.</i><p>The thing is, a certain measure of &quot;change control&quot; was always a good idea, even in an &quot;agile&quot; environment.  My (admittedly subjective) take is that getting away from change control contributed to everyone&#x27;s mindset shifting to where &quot;changes are free&quot;.