scott_middleton

Thanks for sharing this. It was a good read and love the pragmatic view you take.

> As negative as Corporate Agile may sound, it's a far cry better than what they were doing before. Bottom line? "McKinsey Agile" isn't intended for startups and small organizations or large organizations whose product is tech.

Well said.

This gave me a good chuckle :)

> IMHO, it is much more interesting to discuss those specific ideas.

Yes, agree here.

> I do think the early Agile advocacy served a useful purpose..

Agree.

Nice to be understood :)

I like your balanced thinking, in writing the article I was trying to be balanced as well.

Unfortunately when I've seen ATOs in practice it's a band-aid to addressing the actual problems (usually leadership or leadership needing to make structural and large cultural changes).

It's easier to take the path of least resistance and usually you won't get shot for it. Trying to fix things often makes you look like a trouble maker, especially if something doesn't work as well as it could (which often happens when iterating through change).

Well said, I'm a big fan of the pragmatic approach as well. But, for some reason we (people generally, including myself often) need to overcomplicate.

The last line gave me a chuckle.