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Let's Talk Agile: Why Most Software Projects Fail | Max Guernsey & Luniel de Beer

Why do so many software projects fail — even when teams follow Agile and Scrum? In this episode of Let’s Talk Agile, I speak with Max Guernsey III (  / maxguernseyiii  ) and Luniel de Beer (  / luniel  ) , authors of the book Ready: Why Most Software Projects Fail and How to Fix It. (https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Most-Sof...) We discuss a problem most teams experience but rarely diagnose correctly: work starts before it’s truly ready. The result is churn, rework, missed expectations, and teams that appear busy but struggle to deliver meaningful progress. In this conversation we explore: • Why many Agile teams start work too early • The difference between Definition of Ready vs Definition of Done • Why velocity metrics often create dysfunction • The role of readiness work, spikes, and analysis • Why Scrum alone doesn’t define a complete software delivery system • How better preparation improves delivery flow and predictability If you’ve seen teams constantly carry work across sprints, rewrite features, or struggle with unclear requirements, this discussion will resonate. 00:00 — Why Teams Keep Starting Too Early 00:53 — Meet the Authors of Ready 01:42 — The Client Disaster That Sparked the Book 03:02 — How Product Discovery Changed Everything 05:30 — Where Scrum Breaks Down in Real Life 08:24 — The Core Idea Behind Ready 09:20 — “Just Start” Is Costing Teams More Than They Think 11:06 — The Shared Understanding Problem 13:24 — Definition of Ready Starts with Definition of Done 16:54 — What Actually Matters Before You Begin 19:26 — Spikes, Readiness Work, and Why They Matter 22:16 — The Work You Can’t Estimate Up Front 28:00 — Why Readiness Helps Leaders Too 30:30 — Skip Analysis, Pay for It Later 31:21 — The Velocity Trap 37:24 — Speed Without Direction Is Fake Progress 39:23 — The Task Decomposition Debate 47:08 — How to Explain Readiness to a CFO 48:54 — The Chef Analogy That Makes Ready Click 51:46 — What Scrum Purists Need to Hear 54:35 — Final Takeaways