{"id":4268928,"date":"2023-04-26T17:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/agile-has-lost-how-to-create-sustainable-development-process\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:37:44","slug":"agile-has-lost-how-to-create-sustainable-development-process","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-au\/insight\/agile-has-lost-how-to-create-sustainable-development-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile has lost its way: How to create a more sustainable development process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\tWe\u2019ve led hundreds of software projects for clients across the globe. They vary in size and industry, but all have something in common.\u00a0

An unhealthy obsession with Agile.

In the product-building world, organizations tend to problem-solve with strict processes and tools and more meetings. These efforts can quickly lead to the point where the original principles of<\/a> Agile are lost in a muddled mess of roles, acronyms, and Jira tickets. At its most extreme, you have Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe)<\/a>, which is the ultimate in Agile process and rarely works.\u00a0

Agile has lost its way. Let\u2019s throw it away and find our way back to a sensible place.

We don\u2019t believe there is a best practice when it comes to building software. Instead, we believe there are unique organizations, with unique humans, building unique products who need their own approach to building software.\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t