While we appreciate its common structure and flexibility, we caution against using it as a silver bullet for project success.

We emphasize the importance of a cohesive and collaborative team, including all parts of the organization, and the need for feedback loops and customer validation to measure progress. Measuring the success of software development projects is complex, as there can be a mismatch between what is being measured and the craft of the engineers.

We also discuss the challenge of prioritizing the product backlog, often done by product managers. Ultimately, success depends on delivering a high-quality product that meets the customer's needs.

Agile methodologies can help pivot and adapt to market demands, but it is up to the development team to interpret and react to feedback. We agree that a distributed autonomous organization (DAO) could be an interesting approach to building products but caution that it may not be suitable for all organizations.