A Brief Reminder

"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools."

"Working software over comprehensive documentation."

"Customer collaboration over contract negotiation."

"Responding to change over following a plan."

By prioritizing the left-hand-side in the equation, the mutable right-hand-sides improve. Certifications, rituals, processes and tools in the name of agile and adaptive approaches to getting stuff done can go off the rails and achieve the exact opposite of what the Agile Manifesto set out to accomplish.