Another apology for Scrum: It is not working for you because you aren't doing it right.

Roland wrote, "Voluntary change always works"

Yes: and I would suggest that the first thing to give agency on is, Do you want to use Scrum?

Regarding "The Agile Manifesto is fundamental to Scrum", no, it is not. Scrum was created _before_ the Agile Manifesto. Indeed, the very first value of the Manifesto reads, "Individuals and interactions over processes..."

Over processes.

The feature mill of Scrum is certainly not what the Manifesto expresses. Just because the creators of Scrum attended the Manifesto meeting does _not_ mean that the Manifesto reflects what those two guys created beforehand: https://cliffberg.medium.com/scrum-was-unethical-from-the-start-96eedd0679ca

Agility actually arises from organizational cuture and behavioral norms - not from team agreements. If one looks at highly agile companies, they don't use these frameworks.