Most Agile is glorified middle management.....I have never once seen it do anything to improve an existing productive team or provide measurable benefits....it

Most Agile is glorified middle management.....I have never once seen it do anything to improve an existing productive team or provide measurable benefits....it to not looks that way when you have no structure...because it's better than nothing. so it works....with mid-level efficiency and tends to push the feel goods up the chain and push the work down the chain..... direction still comes from the top in every attempt regardless of slogans like 'developer engagement' stakeholder management etc.