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Dave Churchville describes the split in the agile community between "followers" and "derivers". Followers adopt all the rules and best practices that they hear about. Derivers consider the basic principles of rapid feedback, inspection and adaptation, and select practices accordingly.
I agree with Dave that the principles of agile are more important than the practices, and you should consider