The Kaizen/Agile approach is here to stay. No one actually “sprints”. Scrum as a methodology continues to grow. It’s not always the solution, but it is for ongoing enhancements that require frequent releases (we do at least one a week on an internal application). Waterfall methods are all but extinct in the very large company I work for. Agile has been around for 15 years and is being adopted by large organizations at a steady pace.
“ No one actually “sprints”.”
Actually they do.
Not in the literal sense of course, but you are always “sprinting” to the next release. It’s just not sustainable to constantly be under so much pressure. That’s one reason why your people are starting to fail at it which is causing you to worry about being held responsible.
It’s a fine methodology but not every challenge is a nail in need of the sprint hammer. People have been developing things forever, and the short 15 years that sprints have been around is a pittance. Even the name is tiring after a while. There will be another whiz-bang development methodology coming down the pike and you’ll see everyone hop on board, just like they always do. I’m hoping it happens after I retire.
BTW both my wife and I are in IT. I’m in systems, she’s in development. We’ve been doing this for years and are very familiar with it all.