Agility System Diagnosis

Move from observed symptoms to a reversible system experiment, without blaming people.

Scenario

Foundation case

A team holds every Agile ceremony on schedule. 30 items are open at once, there's no real stakeholder at review, every new request gets pulled into the current cycle, and defects/rework are rising.

Your role

You are the agile coach examining the team's work system.

Your task

Separate symptoms from interpretation, then choose a dominant system cause and design a reversible two-week experiment with a balancing signal.

Observed system signals

Every Agile ceremony is on the calendar.
Thirty items are open and every new request enters the current cycle.
No real stakeholder attends review.
Defects and rework are rising.

Your response

There is no single correct answer; we will evaluate the reasoning chain you build.

Observable symptoms0/4000 · min 15

Possible system causes0/4000 · min 20

Dominant anti-pattern0/4000 · min 10

Two-week, reversible experiment0/4000 · min 15

Success and balancing signals0/4000 · min 15