[CompiledCode]

Exactly. It was amazing how quickly, at my last place, standups devolved from

...recounting verbally what one did the previous day...

...to marking one's progress on a whiteboard...

...to having to write down on an index card beforehand and turning it in to the IT director after the scrum meeting (in addition to the above).

With the boss (and sometimes, the CEO) in attendance, there was no chance of an honest verbal exchange about roadblocks etc.

Good metrics for measuring coding progress are so elusive, I can't imagine management NOT trying to mess with pure agile principles if tight deadlines and delivery dates are at stake.