As more and more people move towards adoption of Agile practices, they are looking to the Agile community for guidance and advice on how to adopt Agile successfully. Unfortunately many of the questions they have such as "Where do I start?" "What specific practices should I adopt?" "How can I adopt incrementally?" and "Where can I expect pitfalls?" are not adequately answered despite the fact that many of us know the answers to these questions. There are currently three types of answers to these questions: 1) read so-and-so's methodology book that refers to an entire process (usually a cohesive set of practices); 2) read articles A, B, and C which are ‘war stories' of companies who have successfully adopted; or 3) a very honest "Well it really depends on your team's specific circumstances, you might want to hire some consultants to help you out (usually this is said by a consultant)." We can do better than that as a community!

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