I look at it this way: Agile is a bare-minimum project management methodology. That can mean different things for everyone, so look at "traditional Agile practi

I look at it this way: Agile is a bare-minimum project management methodology. That can mean different things for everyone, so look at "traditional Agile practices" as a menu rather than a recipe. If scrums don't work for your team, then either don't do them or find a way to make them more useful. I've always felt that most companies do "scrums" wrong. It's not supposed to be an hour-long status report; it's supposed to be a 15-minute check-in to identify blockers and connect people so those issues can be addressed outside of the scrum. A good scrummaster should be able to clamp down on the "status report" aspect of it, but it's really hard to find a good scrummaster since it's largely seen/compensated as an entry-level position.