[reitanqild]

This is not necessarily agile. I think this is cargo cult software engineering: "collaboration", "teamwork" and "agile".

Wasn't Agile about doing less work?

Less unrealistic plans.

Less meetings - including informal.

Shorter meetings - mostly just daily standup - what I did, what I'm doing, any blockers.

[a_imho]

Agile is defined as http://agilemanifesto.org/

Scrum with its artifacts/ceremonies like standup is a specific interpretation.

[dasmoth]

That's true, but -- especially if you read the 12 principles as well -- it's very clear that the intention is team-based software development with a lot of fine grained interaction (and an explicit rejection of remote work). Stuff like daily stand ups definitely go with the grain.

It would be interested to see how a variant that truly focussed on individuals rather than interaction could work.

[marcosdumay]

Scrum with its rigid artifacts/ceremonies is a complete negation of the basis of what's on the manifesto.