This is your answer *right here*.

It's because Agile (particularly the variety of Agile that we're seeing this cottage industry of Agile Coaches promoting) is not delivering on this. It's not delivering satisfied customers. It's not delivering happier development teams. It's not delivering product faster or better.

This isn't to say "Agile is useless" or "Agile is bad". It's not!

But Agile, as taught/espoused right now (please do not have the "but that's not 'true Agile'" response... I *know* it's not "true Agile" but it's what is being sold as "Agile" and it's what people think is "Agile", and yes "words have meanings" but also "common usage changes meanings"...), it's just a ton of busy work that isn't delivering value.

They just re-created Waterfall, with shorter cycles, and a LOT more meetings.

And yes, these companies are absolutely right to jettison this.

The solution, of course, isn't to say "Agile is dead" or "Agile is terrible", but to build a true, legit, "agile" organization that meets the needs of the company.

But when companies hire "Agile coaches" and get "less effective Waterfall"... seeing these companies eventually flush those folks and practices is not a shock.

Because ultimately what is "dying" isn't "Agile", it's "bad Waterfall". And I think we *all* can agree that this is a positive thing!

J.Ja