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Re:Study Finds 268% Higher Failure Rates for Agile Software ... by iLoveOncall on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:14AM (#40595683)
That's true, but it's not Engprax that RAN the study, they commissioned it.

What matters is not the "268% higher" failure rate than whatever they are selling. It's the 65% failure rate of projects using Agile.

That said the true question is how they define failure? Missed deadline? Project stopped? Etc.

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Re:Study Finds 268% Higher Failure Rates for Agile Software ... by sigtstp on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:21AM (#40595726)
Comissioning it is a huge conflict of interest though, esp since it's used as promotion material for their consulting.

Reminds me of the study saying "a teaspoon of honey per day is healthy" with funding from the American Honey Something Association.

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Re:Study Finds 268% Higher Failure Rates for Agile Software ... by blackoil on Thursday June 06, 2024 @07:28AM (#40596151)
There is a reason we don't trust studies funded by tobacco companies about harms from smoking.
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Re:Study Finds 268% Higher Failure Rates for Agile Software ... by torginus on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:43AM (#40595850)
It's like expert witnesses hired by lawyers - you're not supposed to be able to influence what they say, yet unfailingly they tend to arrive at conclusions the people hiring them want to hear.
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