Did you know that up to 84% of Waterfall and 47% of Agile projects either fail or don’t meet expected results? That may sound like an alarming number, but the point of this is not to be a doomsayer or to focus on the perceived negative. What those numbers reflect is an opportunity. An opportunity to turn a seemingly failed project into a flourishing one, to learn lessons, and to leverage the things that make Agile principles work so smoothly when they do.
The name for Agile methodologies was chosen well and done so for a reason. To be agile is to be quick on your feet, to be able to adapt quickly, and to be able to solve unpredictable problems while keeping momentum. Just like in a fast-paced race, when things start to go wrong, they tend to do so quickly. Agile problems require agile solutions — to be solved as speedily as they appear or change or ripple outwards.