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From Waterfall to the Toyota Production System, with a lack of scientific evidence backing Agile, how much of Agile's dogma is a strawman?
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Whilst a scientific review paper found "the evidence for the Agile methodology is scarce at best"; Agile roots much of its dogma in opposition to Waterfall and the successes of the Toyota Production System. However, upon closer inspection, this background is more mythology than history.