Agile is like a religion. There is not a single consistent definition and any criticism is easily deflected along the lines that your organization did not embra

Agile is like a religion. There is not a single consistent definition and any criticism is easily deflected along the lines that your organization did not embrace Agile on all levels of management. The uncomfortable truth is that Agile is internally inconsistent - you can not build an Agile methodology that will not contradict itself and that will not contradict the real world. A perfect example is the INVEST mnemonic for backlog items or the notion that Acceptance Criteria is against Agile. One Agile coach ($$$) recently told me that the fact that I have contractual requirements and legal requirements in AC that I need to test for is a symptom of my customers not being Agile and the government not being Agile.