I think the theory of scrum is great. When you think about it, Scrum does most of everything that we should be doing. Thinking about problems before tackle th

I think the theory of scrum is great. When you think about it, Scrum does most of everything that we should be doing. Thinking about problems before tackle them. Talking everyday about the problems in case someone needs help. Course correcting when you need to. The problem is management. Tools (burn down charts) now become executive metrics. Amount of code completed now becomes a review item for advancement. We've applied measures to things that are inappropriate for what they are used for, and because of this honest communication has been replaced with guarded statements to make sure that the team never stumbles with its work. No matter what process an organization uses in those places will fail, because management wants to hear things are running fine.