{"id":4268796,"date":"2021-09-03T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/?post_type=article&p=4268796"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:25:28","slug":"why-agile-might-be-the-biggest-blocker-to-your-engineering-velocity","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-au\/insight\/why-agile-might-be-the-biggest-blocker-to-your-engineering-velocity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Agile might be the biggest blocker to your engineering velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\tWhen Agile was created, way back when in the year 2000, it represented a revolutionary approach to software development that boosted engineering velocity by giving engineers the autonomy they needed.

But now, with headlines from HBR and Forbes like Have we taken Agile too far?<\/a> and The End of Agile<\/a>, it seems fair to say that the Agile revolution has run its course.

If your engineering & product teams are struggling to hit deadlines or if your teams’ backlog feels like an endless list, our experience is that the biggest inhibitor to your engineering velocity might be Agile.

Let’s take a look at how Agile might be slowing you down, why using an industry standard for best practices can be a bad thing, and what you can do to create your own velocity-boosting best practices.
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