No, Agile is not a process, engineering or otherwise. Agile is a set of principles which can guide the selection of a process and how it is applied, but it is not a process (indeed, it is fairly expressly a response to the fetishization of process.)
And I am unconvinced by your claim that Agile isn't working, that is, I am unconvinced that the problems Agile exists to mitigate are not reduced in organizations that actually apply the Agile principles in hour they approach work.
OTOH, I do think the "Agile" brand had failed because a while lot of applications of canned process in rote ways -- the thing Agile directly opposed -- is being sold as being Agile methods.
Agile isn't an engineering process, its the the idea of applying problem- and resource- (including the staff on the team) specific engineering to the development process.
That's pretty weak - its not a process, its an idea of a process. Whatever. Applying this idea of a process often fails, obstructs senior engineers and does nothing to enable the rank and file as advertised.
And I am unconvinced by your claim that Agile isn't working, that is, I am unconvinced that the problems Agile exists to mitigate are not reduced in organizations that actually apply the Agile principles in hour they approach work.
OTOH, I do think the "Agile" brand had failed because a while lot of applications of canned process in rote ways -- the thing Agile directly opposed -- is being sold as being Agile methods.
Agile isn't an engineering process, its the the idea of applying problem- and resource- (including the staff on the team) specific engineering to the development process.