The Agile you describe is neither the agile I practice nor the one advocated for by sophisticated software development organizations who understand productivity

The Agile you describe is neither the agile I practice nor the one advocated for by sophisticated software development organizations who understand productivity and effectiveness. The things you describe as “software engineering” are part of any reasonable agile implementation. Many orgs have done a poor job of implementing agile practices, but throwing the baby out with the bath water seems like a great way to continue repeating the mistakes of those that came before us.