[PaulRivers]

I'm highly suspicious that every time there is one of these threads, agile-consulting companies simply monitor the web for them and send a bunch of posters over to make up fictional srories about how agile is going great where they work.

I've never been in an environment where you could say no to the b.a.'s under agile either. And I've tried being more articulate as well and that just results in the same claims to your manager as "no" does that you're not being cooperative, a team player, etc.

I'm pretty sure after working several places that did agile that most of these "worked great for me" stories are made up.

I've never met another dev in real life who did something other than agile and preferred agile.