[PRIMO Tech-a-Break] Good Agile is Agile with Problems

[PRIMO Tech-a-Break] Good Agile is Agile with Problems

By an engineer who once thought Agile was a magic solution.

When we first started adopting Agile,
we set up squads, ran sprints, had daily stand-ups, and used task boards.
But instead of smooth progress, we faced more issues than before.
Problems started surfacing faster:
• Why are bugs flooding the board?
• Why do some developers always fall behind, even after we aligned on estimates?
• Why do tasks keep popping up out of nowhere?

At first, I got stressed out.
I wondered, “Are we doing Agile wrong?” or “Maybe Agile just doesn’t suit our team?”

But then a seasoned engineer told me something I’ll never forget:

 “Agile doesn’t fix your problems — it helps you see them sooner.”

 

Looking back, we actually had those problems all along.
They were just hidden beneath the surface, waiting to explode right before go-live —
because no one felt safe enough to speak up.
Agile isn’t a framework that magically makes everything better overnight.
But when used right, it shifts the team from

 “We don’t know there’s a problem” → “We see it early and fix it fast.”

 

And to me, that’s way more valuable than chasing perfection.

If you’ve just started with Agile and it feels like your team’s getting worse,
remember — maybe it’s not getting worse.
Maybe you’ve finally started bringing the problems to light.
But if you’re doing Agile and nobody’s talking about the problems…
That’s when you really have a problem.

 

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