[hinkley]

We get stuck on arguments of 'yes/no' a lot and the healthier discussion is usually about degrees.

One developer per team getting pre-empted every day, a little sketch but probably okay (as long as it's not the same couple of people).

Most developers getting pre-empted every day?

Management theory suggests that the managers are supposed to worry about strategy and the developers about tactics. I can't say I agree (because blocking senior devs out of strategy conversations is suicide), but I've watched and heard of many managers who either do neither, or can't take of the developer hat and spend a lot of time talking about tactics (which is a particularly upsetting form of micro-managing).

The 'deal' with Agile was to put a lower bound on the project shifting priorities measured in days, not hours, or failing that, to paint a giant target on the organization's complete lack of strategic thinking.

If you can't strategize a couple of days out, that's not the developers' fault. That's you not being able to do your most important job.