Except that when most teams adopt the SCRUM flavour of Agile, they're dropping much of the processes and tools that help (pair programming, test-driven developm

Except that when most teams adopt the SCRUM flavour of Agile, they're dropping much of the processes and tools that help (pair programming, test-driven development, etc.) So yeah, it's important to value individuals and interactions but not at the expense of light-weight processes and tools that help deliver a quality product.