This document discusses how to assess an organization's adoption of Agile practices using a rating system. It describes 8 key Agile characteristics: iterative value delivery, breakdown and prioritization, continuous customer interaction, quality focus, self-organized teams, transparent status tracking, extreme automation, and organizational agility. The reader is prompted to rate their project/organization on each characteristic in order to identify strengths and areas for improvement in their "Agile ride". Making improvements across these dimensions can help make an organization's Agile adoption more effective.