So much of "Agile" is an attempt to "patch" the top-down, closed-allocation organization that is simply incapable of hitting technical high notes no matter how

So much of "Agile" is an attempt to "patch" the top-down, closed-allocation organization that is simply incapable of hitting technical high notes no matter how much it spends or how many people it hires. Since organizations are tough to change and all dysfunctions have champions (some deeply hidden) the "Agile" ends up having to make smaller and smaller motions while its desire for control, as the velocity in an irrotational vortex, gets stronger. Then it devolves into micromanagement, as discussed here: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/ssssh....agile-is-all-about-micromanaging http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/ssssh....agile-is-a... The reality is that the future just has no use for closed-allocation tech companies. Every tech company needs to decide either to play for real and try to excel (open allocation, highly selective hiring) or GTFO and do something else. Scrum is a formational hack, but closed allocation is a foundational problem and, if technical excellence is needed, a show-stopper.