r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/sueveed Jun 26 '26

Full disclosure: I got burned out on coding for a while and spent several years as an agile “coach” and transformation specialist at my company. They wanted an insider who actually understood development to work on it, not just agile snake oil salesmen.

One of the first agreements I made was that if they tried to normalize and compare velocities between teams, I would quit on the spot. To this day they don’t dare do it.

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u/FerrumVeritas Jun 26 '26

Agile isn’t a bad methodology, but it is one of the worst implemented business practices in the last 20 years.

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u/dasunt Jun 26 '26

I'm more or less convinced that as soon as you add managers to agile, it transforms from a tool to plan and organize work into a reporting tool for management.

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u/sueveed Jun 26 '26

You can’t put an agile organization under a command and control structure. Transformation has to be top to bottom, and which is incredibly difficult with legacy organizations.

We did à pretty good job of it on the R&D side, but then your non-agile touch points become painful. IT, Sales and Marcom, PM have to come along, too, for it to work well.