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Agile Coach and Scrum Master job titles are losing market legitimacy, but the delivery work behind them did not disappear. This piece argues for defending the evidence-backed mechanisms instead of the label: responsiveness, stakeholder concern, continuous improvement, autonomy, and management support, drawing on Verwijs & Russo (2023), Tam et al. (2020), and two large-scale agile reviews.

Teams get blamed for weak focus while the real queue often sits above them, in the portfolio. A look at portfolio WIP through product-development research, IT portfolio management, dependency reviews, and Ecocycle Planning, plus what to measure before the next prioritization workshop.