[lordlarm]

But then you're working in a bigger business where you do actually need to interact with managers and internal/external stakeholders. And they're all asking you: «When can you deliver?».

Yes, estimating is hard. It's impossible really, but everyone knows this and accept the consequences of delayed deliveries and blocking events. But they want status updates and delivery schedules all the same.

Pointless exercise maybe? But in real life and in business actually having someone thinking longer than three days ahead is usually a necessity, in my experience.

I agree though that you should minimize the amount of pointless meetings and solve blocking issues as they come - this is more a sign of a good tech lead and healthy work environment rather than weaknesses in the Scrum methodology.