[majesticglue]

maybe the idea of "proper agile" is too vague to even be useful?

"That's not agile"

Has become one of the most annoying arguments I've ever heard. As someone who experienced a corporate takeover of agile "consultants", I can tell you, it is one of the hardest things to try and deal with people who have their own idea about agile.

"Proper agile" is too "team specific" that maybe it shouldn't have been a "manifesto", just call it good "team practices" and maybe it wouldn't have become such a cult