The problem with the adaptive model is in creating the culture inside the company to work with it. It might be easy if you are a software company, but for those of us where software is only a part of what the company does, it can be really difficult to get that mindset. Marketing want to know when the release is going to happen, the MD wants to get to market with this new thing that will do x for y (but won't really)....

I believe this is the main source of stress in my life! I have tried everything and I win a bit, some of the time. Despite all of this all I really gained was pushing the launch date back a bit. I have manouvered some other departments into the firing line so I don't get all of the flack. I have set the most demanding stakeholders up to argue their demands for new features in a way that makes them look bad for delaying the project. Sometimes I think we take a step towards an agile organisation, then other times we are back at square one