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I have worked in projects where agile/scrum worked really well and on other projects that it did not work well. Since the process is so variable, I think it is bad for software delivery.

The parts I didn't think worked:

* Retrospectives which had no actions as an outcome

* Daily stand ups that were led by a project manager who discussed each persons work 1 to 1 within the group

* Bugs not really fitting into the flow of work

* A poor planning session can set up a bad sprint

* Sprints often ending without any working software

* Team members working in silos

* Outside dependencies blocking work

* Estimating turning into 'how many hours will this take?'

* People reporting working on two or three things every standup

* and the worst imo, work not on the sprint board that must be done



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