The irony is that "Agile" methods were developed in part to protect developers by poor management. Yet it's the same poor management that relies on off-the-shelf processes.

I've been in so many meeting where a manager tried to espouse the benefits of "being agile": Faster releases, tracking work more accurately, ability for constant review.

But I've never been in a meeting where somebody tries to talk about the benefits to developers: Your goals can't change day to day, your boss doesn't get to strictly tell you what to do or how to do it, and no more arbitrary deadlines!

You really have to listen to how somebody is selling a process to understand their interpretation of it.