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Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work? by fhbdukfrh on Saturday February 09, 2019 @08:30AM (#19122138)
How about "a team of skilled developers is likely to be successful with any software development approach; an inexperienced or untalented team is doomed regardless of the chosen methodology"

After 20 years that's been my experience

Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work? by josho on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:06AM (#19122611)
Yes. But unfortunately not every team can be made entirely of rockstars. So the purpose of a methodology is to increase the probability of success for a moderately talented team.