> ... there's no escaping the fact that this is dysfunctional. It may be "dysfunctional" but it is how things get done in many places. Even in places where p

> ... there's no escaping the fact that this is dysfunctional. It may be "dysfunctional" but it is how things get done in many places. Even in places where people pretend to follow a strict "Agile" methodology, there's often a level of management that is brokering deadlines and promises for the "completion" of the whole damn thing.