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How agile became a checkbox exercise, and how to get unstuck
- Agile was born with the promise of making teams faster, more adaptive, and more aligned, but has lost its edge over time.
- Many organizations treat agile as a checkbox exercise, leading to stagnation and lack of progress.
- Rituals and ceremonies in agile can become hollow when driven more by habit than reflection.
- Symptoms of process fatigue include backlog bloat, fake velocity, low morale, and ceremony saturation.
- Diagnosing the root causes of agile dysfunction involves addressing process inertia, misunderstood metrics, and detached ceremonies.
- Treating the agile process as a product can lead to improved outcomes and a focus on learning over metrics.
- Reimagining agile involves prioritizing outcomes over outputs, learning over velocity, and clarity over cadence.
- The team's involvement and co-creation of the agile process are essential for its success.
- Resetting agile in phases through auditing, prioritizing, experimenting, and scaling can lead to improvement.
- Agile should prioritize impact over imitation, focusing on solving real problems and delivering meaningful products.
- The key is to approach agile with intentionality, fostering a culture of reflection, honesty, and adaptability.
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