Process tailoring refers to adapting our implementation of agile to better fit out project environment. As a general recommendation, teams that are new to agile should use their methodology “out-of-the-box” for a few projects before attempting to change it. That’s because the problems a new team encounters with a standard technique or practice should be due to their lack of skill or experience using that technique, rather than issues with the technique itself. By discarding or changing the practice before its value is recognized, we risk losing the benefit the practice was originally designed to bring to the project. In addition, the team should go through the three-step process to increase mastery and address the appropriate time and place for agile process tailoring. Shu: Obeying the rules – means “to keep, protect, or maintain” Ha: Consciously moving away from the roles – “to detach or break free” Ri: Unconsciously finding an individual path – “to go beyond transcend”