Our position

Alignment, not method, is the binding delivery constraint.

Agile fixed cadence and left the seams between product, architecture and engineering un-owned. The constraint is the three-way alignment of intent, not the ceremony.

Everyone says

Adopt Agile (or SAFe/Scrum) and delivery improves.

We think

Cadence was never the constraint; the un-owned seams between product, architecture and engineering are.

What we’ve observed

  • Requirements-clarity research ties failure to unclear intent rather than slow cadence; Conway’s law means structure overrides the diagram.

Confidence: Observed

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