Uncomfortable Truths: Agile's Vanity vs Outcomes
The agile industry teaches outcomes over outputs, then measures itself in certifications and butts on seats. Why that is economics, not character.
The agile industry teaches outcomes over outputs, then measures itself in certifications and butts on seats. Why that is economics, not character.
A conversation with Jonathan Stark on where Agile as a platform has matured, and how to pivot an agile career toward outcomes instead of frameworks.
Feature factories are a milestone, not a destination. Why organizations get stuck shipping features, and what it takes to get to outcomes.
Continuous deployment is often chased as a vanity metric rather than a flow enabler. When it genuinely changes delivery, and when it creates false confidence.
They formed agile teams. They track stories in JIRA. They do three questions daily. And nothing meaningful changed. Agile theater, not product work.
How to handle scope changes mid-PI — switching features, updating PI Objectives, and managing the hit to predictability score without gaming it.