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id: "prereq-agile-scrum-mechanics"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["00:18:30"]
tags: ["methodologies"]
related: ["concept-middle-management-deletion"]
reason: "Required to understand why middle management layers are being deleted in AI-native organizations."
sources: ["s01-5-levels-ai-coding"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s01-5-levels-ai-coding"
originDay: 1
---
# Agile and Scrum Mechanics

## Why This Background Matters
An understanding of traditional software development coordination is necessary to grasp exactly what organizational friction AI agents are rendering obsolete.

## Required Familiarity
- **Sprints** — fixed-length iteration cycles (typically 2 weeks).
- **Daily standups** — synchronous check-ins for human-state coordination.
- **Scrum Masters** — facilitators who manage process adherence.
- **Technical Program Managers (TPMs)** — coordinators across teams.
- **Sprint planning, backlog grooming, retros** — ceremonies designed to manage human cognitive limits.

## Connection to the Vault
Without this background, [[concept-middle-management-deletion]] reads as anti-management rhetoric rather than a structural argument: *these roles existed because of human limits AI agents do not share*.