--- title: Agile Sucks! | daily.dev description: Agile is a philosophy that has been widely adopted by companies, but it faces criticism from developers. SAFe, a scaled agile framework, introduces even more... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/agile-sucks--pf3vrmgcp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Agile Sucks! | daily.dev og:description: Agile is a philosophy that has been widely adopted by companies, but it faces criticism from developers. SAFe, a scaled agile framework, introduces even more... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/agile-sucks--pf3vrmgcp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pf3vRMgcP.png og:image:alt: Agile Sucks! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Agile Sucks! **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 6 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Agile is a philosophy that has been widely adopted by companies, but it faces criticism from developers. SAFe, a scaled agile framework, introduces even more process overhead and inefficiencies. Metrics like story points and velocity are often misused and can contribute to toxic management styles. The true concept of Agile, focused on continuous improvement and adaptability, gets diluted in the corporate world. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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