Not a fan of this - the core assumption seems to be that engineers aren't productive because they're just not paying attention to their schedule, so setting a fixed schedule like they're in elementary school again will "make them more productive".
It also seems to require some sort of Agile gnomes to do the grunt work of planning, because the 55-minuute weekly planning meeting handwaves "prepared work items" into existence.
It also seems to require some sort of Agile gnomes to do the grunt work of planning, because the 55-minuute weekly planning meeting handwaves "prepared work items" into existence.