Thats a fair point, but I did not say that there should be no communication about the work you do. We all work differently and I think it is sensible to let each employee have some form of independence of how they want to structure their own work. If the feature is a few days of work let me work on it like I prefer and then I can submit with a nice description and thought process.

Let us also not forget about all the time wasted on getting your plan validated. Or how your validated plan is completely screwed only realized after you start implementing it. Pros and cons to each solution.