The age of Agile must end

As startups refocus on “operational efficiency,” let’s emphasize that efficiency is a way of working, not your headcount.

Agile development has been the #1 operational principle of tech for over 20 years, unchecked, unquestioned. Yet, it has fundamental flaws that have been glaring at us all along.

Flaw #1: Humans are not machinery.

Flaw #2: Design is not inventory.

Flaw #3: Product can’t be defined by what can be accomplished by an arbitrary number of people of arbitrary skill and experience in a two-week sprint.

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