I've got a coworker (absolutely brilliant fellow) who bristles whenever he hears buzzword-compliant terms like ITIL and Agile brought up anywhere near management.
Not because those terms mean anything even remotely bad (in fact, he agrees with a lot of the philosophies), but because those terms come pre-loaded with a lot of baggage and preconceived notions by management, and saying that we have an agile-like process is just begging for some C-level with not enough work to do, to get involved and begin dictating requirements they don't understand.
I doubted this until I saw it happen personally a couple of times.
The process is completely, totally meaningless (and in many cases actively harmful), unless you also get the culture change to go with it.
Not because those terms mean anything even remotely bad (in fact, he agrees with a lot of the philosophies), but because those terms come pre-loaded with a lot of baggage and preconceived notions by management, and saying that we have an agile-like process is just begging for some C-level with not enough work to do, to get involved and begin dictating requirements they don't understand.
I doubted this until I saw it happen personally a couple of times.
The process is completely, totally meaningless (and in many cases actively harmful), unless you also get the culture change to go with it.