A made up conversation[*]

Team: “Coach! Coach! This agile process stuff you sold us doesn’t work!”

Coach: “Did you build working software regularly?”

Team: “No, it was too difficult.”

Coach: “Did you extend your definition of Done as far as you could?”

Team: “No, it was too difficult.”

Coach: “Did you make quality part of your process?”

Team: “No, it was too difficult.”

Coach: “Did you review what you were doing at all?”

Team: “Yes, but we didn’t like what we discovered, so we ignored it.”

Coach: “So are you absolutely sure it was the agile process that caused you to fail?”

Team: “Oh yes, absolutely….”

Coach: "<sigh>"

* honest....