Over the last 10+ years as a Business Analyst, Product Owner & Product Manager in a wide variety of teams, environments, sectors & projects – and, indeed, as a Customer overseeing my own Product development (see flowdaq if you’re interested in that) – it has become clear that Agile philosophies, concepts and techniques do actually work – at least, when appropriately adapted to the circumstances. However, it is also clear that Agile does not suit some scenarios or some projects. Project professionals (hopefully) adapt the Agile techniques that work for their scenario or project and omit those that don’t.
More importantly, however, Agile does not suit some people. Unfortunately, it is often not possible to adapt people who Agile is suited to, or even to ask unsuitable people to adapt Agile ways of working.
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