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If IBM didn't use Agile, what did they use?

The non-greedy benefit of Agile is that work and how work happens becomes more understandable in a consistent and reasonably-well studied manner.

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"Waterfall" with detailed project schedules in tools like MS-Project (which BTW, is still useful for all-process oriented projects). I'm a little confused by the article since the parts of IBM I've seen have been using Agile for years (scrums, iterations, epics/themes/stories).

I'm part of a team within IBM that's been using Agile (Scrum) for the last 6 years.

Originally it was just quite close to Waterfall dressed up as Agile but "they" (senior management) are finally getting their heads around it.

The article isn't talking about the teams that develop software that is sold to customers but about the internal Ops team that comes under the CIO's office.

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