What a joke
This reads like someone who had their feelings hurt they weren't allowed to cowboy code, so they ran screaming into the void with barely an understanding of what they were talking about.
1. No one starts an Agile project without some level of planning and requirements.
2. Agile is the methodology supported by the manifesto and principles. Agile is made up of 20+ frameworks depending on who you ask - and some of those frameworks include developer centric principles and processes. A blanket statement that 'Agile' is the problem...well again...barely an understanding...
3. Can someone show me where a line of the Agile manifesto or any of the 12 principles say "do not plan"?
4. If you've experienced bad Agile...thank a leader for going with the big consultancy who brings in the same playbook whether you're 300 or 3,000 employees. Thank them for choosing tools prior to defining processes within the context of your company - so by the time you realize it's the wrong tool, you're too entrenched to change it without political warfare. Thank them for not getting you the right training to help with the transition - we all know the whole engineering department doesn't want to be Certified Scrum Masters. And of course thank them for having not prepared your company culture to handle a methodology that thrives when there is psychological safety.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
