There are some codified system of rules and behaviors that people have developed to help their orgs gain agility e.g. Scrum, SAFe, etc. But there are probably a

There are some codified system of rules and behaviors that people have developed to help their orgs gain agility e.g. Scrum, SAFe, etc. But there are probably an infinite ways to skin that cat. Doesn’t really matter which one you use just that everyone is using the same one. Which leads me onto why it’s a communication protocol. Human systems/processes/procedures just organise the flow of information, often to help people make decisions. If everyone isn’t following the same set of rules and behaviours then there can be a breakdown in communication. Which usually screws things up (whether top down or bottom up)