I'm not sure how much that micro-managing aspect is peculiar to agile and how much is just inherent to working on a team. > It forces developers to share every

I'm not sure how much that micro-managing aspect is peculiar to agile and how much is just inherent to working on a team. > It forces developers to share every mistake they make, it makes them share if they are thinking incorrectly about something, it makes them easily replaceable. That's absolutely the point of a team. Contrary to popular belief, a team is not a meritocracy[1], it's a mediocracy. The beautiful thing about a mediocracy is that it means that you can take vacation or quit and someone else can pick up your work. We have a pretty good gig that we can just chew through tickets, imbibing coffee and excreting code and poo. Not everyone has that luxury. For many actors, their face needs to be in every episode, so they sign a contract with stiff penalties if they quit. [1]: Engineering is meritocratic in the larger market; if you are better or worse than your team's medium, you find a better team where the medium is closer to your skill level.