That's a horrible idea for sure, but I'm not sure the current model being derided works for all team compositions either. In a 20+ person dev team with a lot o

That's a horrible idea for sure, but I'm not sure the current model being derided works for all team compositions either. In a 20+ person dev team with a lot of juniors, the team is not "coming up with a plan" or "deciding if its still working" so much as product/tech lead/a couple seniors who have zones of responsibility are handing one down. The two hours spent in the room is agile kayfabe. "Get everyone in a room and hash it out for 2 hours" is maybe a model that works at team size of 5, senior, empowered engineers, but it is not something that works at large scales.