“One side is signed up for incremental delivery, and one side is set up for a fixed scope and deadline and the result is misery.“
That's just one example of the general value I like to ascribe to "AINO": it gives you a useful mental model of the delta between what you have and a known good process, making it quite easy to name the missing pieces. This usually doesn't make it easier to actually fix their absence, but at least you know where to start with damage mitigation. When waterfall fails, you just throw your hands in the air and say "more of the same".
That's just one example of the general value I like to ascribe to "AINO": it gives you a useful mental model of the delta between what you have and a known good process, making it quite easy to name the missing pieces. This usually doesn't make it easier to actually fix their absence, but at least you know where to start with damage mitigation. When waterfall fails, you just throw your hands in the air and say "more of the same".