How Industrial Quality Thinking Exposes the Limits of Agile Rituals

Kanban and Agile in IT often degrade into rituals—boards, meetings, and buzzwords—while losing the system-level quality thinking that made them effective in industry. Drawing from manufacturing, energy, and fintech, this article explains why quality must be a management function, not a QA role, and how industrial tools like RCA, pull systems, and waste reduction create more reliable software without abandoning Agile.