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Merrelyn Emery

2026-08-25 22:56:09.246801+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Ruth — of systems & design @RuthMalan@mastodon.social:

Given her recent death, with its reminder the Merrelyn Emery was in her 80’s, comes the realization that she did this study of Agile in her 80’s:

A Patchwork of Contradictions and Confusions: Inside the Software Industry by Merrelyn Emery, January 2023

After over 20 years of agile, this study shows that agile has failed to produce a coherent industry or sustainable organizations as the critical factors of high intrinsic motivation and organizational performance are in short supply. Highly desirable personal and organizational outcomes are few and far between. In a comparison with other organizations with DP1 structures and in danger of failing, the software industry came off second best.

I'm going to have to learn more about her!

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