[smaudet]

I think even a tier-1 team could make it work for them, but the key is they would make it work for them (make it their own process).

Once you hire a scrum master to tell you how to do your work, you've sort of lost. They are rarely useful other than as sort of "priest" of the process, who ends up becoming another sort of management, but without management powers (usually).

The meetings etc. can be downright useful, in certain cases, but don't really make sense to follow religiously. I.e. if the devs themselves are running the meetings, for themselves, its a useful form of self-management, and you don't need much management skill to run it (any seasoned dev with any sort of communication capability can do it).

But if its imposed upon you, its just a cookie-cutter sort of management, which, doesn't fit all teams or scenarios.