Momentum Lag: When "We're Doing Scrum" Becomes the Ceiling
Momentum Lag occurs when framework adoption is treated as destination rather than foundation, causing productivity gains to erode without continued systematic improvement.
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Momentum Lag occurs when framework adoption is treated as destination rather than foundation, causing productivity gains to erode without continued systematic improvement.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve explored patterns that signal agile transformations have plateaued. Week 1 introduc…

Behavioral lag occurs when organisations adopt new practices but communication patterns don’t evolve, causing both sides to revert to old habits under pressure.

Three patterns explain why agile transformations plateau: behavioral lag, value lag, and momentum lag between adopted practices and business results.

How to reduce communication friction with availability windows, distributed decisions, and distinguishing real constraints from behavioral patterns you’re compensating for.

The story about a MOT that revealed a systemic problem in how organisations deal with decisions.

When user stories grow from cards to paragraphs, you don’t have better requirements—you have communication friction you’re compensating for with text.

How “give it to the most capable developer” creates structural dependencies, and why your technical strengths now bottleneck team capability.