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>> Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world.

Ain't it anti-thesis of "get frequent user feedback" in agile terminologies.

I took the advice to apply more to subjective enterprises, like writing, painting, composing, etc. Not building a product. The fact that the article kicks off with an SA quote seems like he was trying to grab the attention of a particular audience.

There's a lot of dark matter in Agile that nobody talks about in the press, but I've had plenty of frank conversations about over lunch or coffee.

Agile is Necessary but Insufficient, and some flavors are antagonistic to the things that supply sufficiency. I'm looking at you, Schwaber.

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