Can we all agree here and now that agile development is the worst approach to ever stain the production process? As a copywriter watching design, dev, and other teams all trying to pass responsibility back and forth at every meeting, I have to wonder why people still think this is anything but a disaster.

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Agile processes were never designed for deadline-based contracts. So if you’ve got to deliver before the media buy hits, you aren’t doing agile, no matter how much people use words like “sprint” or “standup” or put tasks in a kanban board.

To most agencies, “agile” just means that the feedback cycle never ends. A lazy sell to clients.

To product /software teams, it means continuous improvement, more sane work/life, and the opportunity for new ideas to get integrated quickly.

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I dont know what agile development is.

But it sounds like a lot of the nonsensical jargon our holding companies are agreeing to these days.

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Plus, it adds a shed load of extra meetings to your already packed schedule.

Agile is for dev not creative

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Can you please post this on a billboard. I’ve been shouting this for years!

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What in the Consultancy-driven hell...?

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Yup, consultancy is right, but I’ve also seen it happen at agencies.

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It was only ever meant for tech but all the the Post-its, whiteboards with arrows and buzzy nomenclature gives management the horn so they try to stuff it in everywhere.

We had it until you could see in dozens of fluttering yellow notes in the main breakout where the logjams were (account, marketing, business) so the people responsible (account, marketing, business) quietly shelved it.

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Agile was created for software development, so when it’s adopted at places where it shouldn’t be, it ends up centered around tech with all other roles as support. That’s why it never works at agencies (and especially at agencies working on deadlines).

I’m amazed by how misunderstood Agile is, but businesses that don’t know any better adopt it just to feel modern.

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Yeah, you gotta be agile at dodging bullets.

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