If there is "an above" then the aforementioned named wouldn't apply as they are explicitly about organizing people within a flat organizational structure. While

If there is "an above" then the aforementioned named wouldn't apply as they are explicitly about organizing people within a flat organizational structure. While it is true that within such an organization you may end up with people who feel they need to put their nose down and ignore software engineering principles, the Agile Manifesto is quite clear that you need the right kind of people to make it work and thus if you end up in that situation you aren't operating in line with the thoughts provided... ...which, indeed, is a likely outcome as implementation is really hard, especially in a constrained developer market where you can't just select the best of the best as you please and are often left to hire the warm bodies you can find. However, it remains that the thoughts provided encourage you to stay away from this, even if doing so in reality isn't quite so simple.