When I was a manager I'd get the team together every quarter and we'd agree on "this is what we're going to do" - and then we'd do it, usually. At the end of th

When I was a manager I'd get the team together every quarter and we'd agree on "this is what we're going to do" - and then we'd do it, usually. At the end of the quarter we'd have to explain why certain pressures pushed things out, but usually the business cared more that we kept churn down. For over a year I pushed back on story pointing and things that felt micro manage-y to me. It was very hard on me, but it was worth seeing the productivity. Eventually I was forced to give in to Agile with the big A and left soon after. I can't get another management job because everyone wants to do Agile in a way I hate to manage - so now I'm a developer again... :)