Ugh, swapping out a successful development paradigm midstream sounds like somebody up the chain thinks change is the same thing as progress. In situations like

Ugh, swapping out a successful development paradigm midstream sounds like somebody up the chain thinks change is the same thing as progress. In situations like this, one strategy I have used (not for Scrum, but for people who want to tinker with shit for the sake of tinkering) is to say: "Great, we welcome experimentation, this is really cool. What will we measure to decide whether this change is improving our process, and how long will the initial round of experiments last?" Because: this frames it as something we are trying together rather than something they are dictating, but also something that is not necessarily permanent, which can be changed in the future (including changed back to the way it was), and which is oriented around measurable improvement rather than arbitrary whims. Almost nobody is willing to be the guy who says "we'll do it my way because I said so, even if it makes everything worse", and if they are, that in itself gives you some valuable information about your manager or leadership team.