I do monthly sprints with just 3 stand ups a week and an extended mid month checkin. No other ceremonies. Planning is done ahead of time by leaders without ever

I do monthly sprints with just 3 stand ups a week and an extended mid month checkin. No other ceremonies. Planning is done ahead of time by leaders without every IC present. Design is done by ICs as part of tickets in a sprint like any other work ticket. Basically no retros or any other ceremonies and it works well. No points or ticket estimations or time tracking. All working great. I sometimes wonder if some of the agile methods overly fetishize some kinda democracy which adds way too much bikeshedding and overhead. Whereas if you just provide sane leadership and planning. Everyone is happy to do their part without endless rituals.