The 6 Myths of Agile Project Delivery (and How to Solve Them)
TechTarget, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Six persistent myths about Agile delivery leaders obscure a role centred on facilitation and coaching.
NTT DATA's Jim Dorney argues that Agile has been so overwhelmed by buzzwords that many organizations believing they are Agile have not actually moved away from command-and-control structures.
He rebuts six myths: that Agile leaders are administrators, that they are scrum police, that the role must be technical, that certification equals capability, that they are cheerleaders, and that they must remove every blocker themselves.
In reality their value lies in facilitation, coaching, protecting focus, and representing teams at governance layers when a problem is too big or political for the team. High-performing teams depend on trust, accountability, and continuous learning, and the mark of a great Agile leader is a team that runs well without them.