Class June 10-12 Relevant Assets: less.works site – please, study it at your own pace LeSS Onion (experiments included) LeSS learning resources (books, graphics, articles, and more) LeSS case studies (mine is second from the bottom) My site for additional LeSS references (a lot, with videos) Irony and satire slides that I shared in class System Modelling with CLD (Examples) … Read more
Presentation slides Additional relevant content: 05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A) (SAFe, large consultancies, etc) 02/27 – LESS TALKS: Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, with Evan SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the recipe? (please, make sure to reference to large collection of references at … Read more
This is was a great Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) overview session with Agile Practitioners Association of Nigeria, organized by The Agile Advisor Africa. Materials presented Additional References (assets): 05/05 – LESS TALKS: Dave Snowden: Answering Tough Questions (Q&A) 02/27 – LESS TALKS: Q & A on “The Spotify “Model”: Don’t Simply Copy-Paste”, with Evan SAFe: … Read more
Click to Download Materials LeSS was initially ‘mislabeled’; when it was called a scaling framework. It is a descaling framework.It is also, organizational design framework that helps to address core elements of organizational design: HR policies, finance/budgeting, vendor management, site strategies – areas that are not too comfortable for many companies to address.System and Lean … Read more
Upcoming classes: 04/02-03 – Certified Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Basics (CLB) – Virtual 04/09-10 – Certified Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Basics (CLB) – Virtual
Please meet Isaac Sacolick – Best Selling Author, Top 100 Social CIO / CDO, Digital Transformation Influencer. Agile, DevOps, Data Science Innovator. Isaac – held multiple CIO at a number of organizations, including McGraw Hill – Construction. Slide Deck used Today, Isaac is the founder and President of StarCIO, a services company that guides client … Read more
“This is not true Scrum!!!” – we often hear from people, pointing at omissions and pitfalls of fake Scrum implementations. The list of classically seen Scrum anti-pattern could become pretty exhaustive. Here are some examples of “Dark Scrum” (as Ron Jeffries puts it): Multiple people playing the role of Product Owner No Scrum Master present … Read more
On June 13, Gordon Weir delivered his great presentation “Real life “war story” of LeSS adoption at Large Financial Institution” at NYC Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) meetup. Here are some of the key points made in the presentation: In 2006, there was a decision made to stop using the concept of a ‘project’, as this … Read more
Another mind-blowing and core-beliefs-challenging performance has been delivered by Craig Larman – the co-founder of Large Scale Scrum (LeSS). This time, the class size has reached it’s record high (40 people), coming from various parts of the globe, representing different organizations, industries and cultures. The walls of the biggest available, so far, training auditorium were … Read more
Tweet Another Certified Large Scale Scrum Basics is compete! Such an engaging and participating crowd!!! Tons of provocative questions and complex organizational scenarios. Some most intriguing and and actively discussed topics: Seeing and Hearing Local Optimization Feature Teams vs. Component Teams Mentor-ship vs. Ownership Individual motivation Organizational Design implications on LeSS adoption Organizational De-scaling as means … Read more
