I ended up blogging in response - http://rtigger.com/blog/2013/01/23/short-term-planning/ http://rtigger.com/blog/2013/01/23/short-term-planning/ TL;DR - I agr

I ended up blogging in response - http://rtigger.com/blog/2013/01/23/short-term-planning/ http://rtigger.com/blog/2013/01/23/short-term-planning/ TL;DR - I agree, and highlight how the short-term planning process baked into most agile approaches addresses this problem.