Many books discuss Agile from a theoretical or academic
perspective. Becoming Agile takes a different approach
and focuses on explaining Agile from a case-study
perspective. Agile principles are discussed, explained,
and then demonstrated in the context of a case study that
flows throughout the book. The case study is based on a
mixture of the author's real-world experiences. Becoming
Agile also focuses on the importance of adapting Agile
principles to the realities of your environment. In the
early days of Agile, there was a general belief that
Agile had to be used in all phases of a project, and that
it had to be used in its purest form. Over the last few
years, reputable Agile authorities have begun questioning
this belief: We're finding that the best deployments of
Agile are customized to the realities of a given company.