If the manager can't code, the second best option is if they can't use the computer at all.
The worst situations are with those in the middle. "I know what the computer is: a list of PowerPoint documents uploaded in SharePoint, so that's what we're going to do. Also, I don't really understand what you guys do, but here is a new Jira where you have to document it step by step. Then I will read your descriptions, and regularly schedule meetings based on my misunderstanding of what you wrote."
In fact, imagine a manager what wouldn't even go to work, and just let the engineers work alone. Ironically, that would be more Agile than what 90% of companies do.
The worst situations are with those in the middle. "I know what the computer is: a list of PowerPoint documents uploaded in SharePoint, so that's what we're going to do. Also, I don't really understand what you guys do, but here is a new Jira where you have to document it step by step. Then I will read your descriptions, and regularly schedule meetings based on my misunderstanding of what you wrote."
In fact, imagine a manager what wouldn't even go to work, and just let the engineers work alone. Ironically, that would be more Agile than what 90% of companies do.