> I don't feel Agile works from the top-down but rather organically from the bottom-up. I believe that is the crux of the issue. Larger organizations, and esp

> I don't feel Agile works from the top-down but rather organically from the bottom-up. I believe that is the crux of the issue. Larger organizations, and especially those that view IT as a cost center, do not feel comfortable giving control to programmers. Every time a consultant proposes a new method with a new name, it seems like it's just a way to create a side industry; a long con that doesn't really attempt to fix the larger issue. I believe the hard problem to solve (which may be impossible, I'm not sure) is getting an organization to see their programmers as business collaborators rather than an inconvenient necessity.