What outcome are you expecting from Agility?
This is the most important question for organizations and teams to be asked when it comes to using Agile methods, but it's also commonly overlooked. And, of course, that leads to missed expectations—like a team increasing their responsiveness when all they really wanted to do was go faster.
To know you're using the right method, you have to make sure you're addressing the right problem—and sometimes the typical understanding of “Agility” isn't the solution a team is looking for.
