While there are multiple Scrum Scaling Frameworks, Large Scale Scrum is the leading framework for Scrum Scaling that truly drives success. More than just a prescription, we'll discuss the thinking and organizational tools as well as some of the practices that make LeSS truly unique.

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TIM ABBOTT
Introduction to Large-Scale
Scrum (LeSS)

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• My name is Tim Abbott
• Head of Technology @ Takamol Holdings - Doroob
• CSM, CSPO, CSP, CLP, Scaling Fundamentals, LeSS Candidate
Trainer
• More than 20 years experience building software (11 years in
USA and 9 years in KSA)
• Previous experience at Fermilab, NASA, Consultant Software
Engineer, Manager, or Director in the USA or HP, Microsoft,
Adidas, Bayer, Burger King, Lee Jeans, Sonic Drive In, Kauffman
Foundation, multiple Venture backed start ups (Kozoru and
Swingvote), and in KSA for the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of
Transport, Ministry of Petrol, Zain Telecom, Ministry of Labor,
and a Startup Founder and Exit (Moteel)
• XP and Agile methods since 2005
• Extensive experience following Waterfall, CMMi, RUP, and other
Iterative Processes
About Me
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What is Agility?
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Agility Core Business Benefit
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Turn on a dime for a dime

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Regional Impetus for Agility
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Unavoidable Market Pressures

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The Possible Alternative to Agility
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We are adamant for a reason

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Organizational Design for Suboptimal Agility
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Suboptimal Agility When Scaling
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Larman’s Laws of Organizational Behavior
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• Scrum applied to many teams
working on the same product,
i.e. LeSS is Scrum Scaled
• LeSS is not Scrum as a
building block with additional
coordination process
elements to ensure alignment
• Minimalistic so LeSS is Scaled
Up and Not Tailored Down
• Based on empiricism and NOT
a miracle quick fix pill
• Based on years of
experiments (instead of fake
“best practices”), guides, LeSS
Principles, and LeSS Rules
• Two versions LeSS and LeSS
Huge
What is Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)?
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LeSS Principles
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LeSS Framework
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LeSS Structure
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Types of Teams
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I want you to actively train your people to think for themselves – Eiji Toyota

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Example Definition of Done

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Management in LeSS
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LeSS Huge
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Adopting LeSS
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Technical Excellence in LeSS
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Thank You
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