Scrum's formal, recurring decision meetings allows executives to retain the role of decision maker while avoiding participation in the daily rhythms of creation

Scrum's formal, recurring decision meetings allows executives to retain the role of decision maker while avoiding participation in the daily rhythms of creation. Of all of the currents in the agile wave, Scrum was the one with the most formal process, and the one that most prioritized the needs of external stakeholders. It might be the best that you can do in organizations that will never delegate actual authority down to the team, but it doesn't make it pretty, or effective.