Many large enterprises struggle with annual project budgeting cycles; big up-front planning; arduous governance, portfolio, program, and project management and control mechanisms; and other systemic efforts that, while intending to establish more predictability/control and less risk, often do just the opposite. This can cause Agile initiatives to falter or to collapse under the weight of an unrelenting command-and-control mindset.
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