In my experience, other industries or even technology fields tend to be more deliberate and methodical, regardless of what framework is being used. I’ve seen Agile used with great effect in other domains, and I’ve also seen plenty of operations that didn’t use any brand-name framework at all because they simply sat down and mapped out the flow of their planning, delivery, and feedback loops.

The unique thing about software is that it feels like we can move faster, deploy quicker, and correct mistakes easier than something like a construction site or a hardware project that has multi-month turnaround times for each build. Software feels so malleable and quick to change that we’ve developed an attitude that it’s better to ship something quick, look for failures, and then correct where necessary. Most of the time it works, because if you’re not the company shipping as fast as possible then your competitors might catch that market share before you have a chance to ship your well-designed product.

There are always exceptions, of course, but software is the field where I see the most hatred of process in general. The other domains I work in may not love the process, but they’re not at war with process and management like the software developers I’ve worked with (and been).