[ath3nd]

> Management worshipping at the throne of agile become really enthralled with these guys and can derail an org for years. In theory a PMs stakeholders are the users, but in practice it is buffing the egos of the senior management that hired them. Can become a self reinforcing closed loop between senior management / agile consultants / PMs.

Beautifully put!

[ryandrake]

This was the way in almost every place I've worked. If you did a good job at managing upward and schmoozing and stroking the senior management's ego, and had those smooth "ivy leaguer" mannerisms, then it didn't even matter if you did your job. You were the Golden Boy and destined for greatness. But if you were too busy actually doing your job and didn't properly pet your management chain, you were setting yourself up to be the scapegoat.

[aperson_hello]

This is exactly the problem. If you do your job as a PM, you get pushed out because doing your job means you'll be ruffling feathers in senior management. So to stick around, you schmooze instead of doing your job because doing your job properly invariably pisses off management at some point