>There's a pretty famous public sector counter example: the initial ObamaCare website.
It's not a counterexample. Just because this method failed doesn't mean agile would have been better.
And GP wasn't saying that the alternative to agile is better. He was saying that in such environments, the key stakeholders do not agree with agile (regardless of what they claim). Their demands and actions demonstrate this. People will not provide money for funding without guarantees that agile says not to provide.
It's not a counterexample. Just because this method failed doesn't mean agile would have been better.
And GP wasn't saying that the alternative to agile is better. He was saying that in such environments, the key stakeholders do not agree with agile (regardless of what they claim). Their demands and actions demonstrate this. People will not provide money for funding without guarantees that agile says not to provide.