Talk: Introduction to Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) by Bas Vodde
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This talk is based on story-telling, where Bas will share the creation of LeSS and within that side-track on explaining better how LeSS works.
LeSS (http://less.works/) is a lightweight (agile) framework for scaling Scrum to more than one team. It was extracted out of the experiences of Bas Vodde and Craig Larman while Scaling Agile development in many different types of companies, products and industries over the last ten years. There are several case studies (https://less.works/case-studies/index.html) available and an upcoming book describing LeSS in detail (http://www.amazon.com/Large-Scale-Scrum-More-Craig-Larman/dp/0321985710).
LeSS consists of the LeSS Principles, the Framework, the Guides and a set of experiments. The LeSS framework is divided into two frameworks: basic LeSS for 2-8 teams and LeSS Huge for 8+ teams. All of these are also available on the less.works website (http://less.works/).
LeSS is different with other scaling frameworks in the sense that it provides a very minimalistic framework that enables empiricism on a large-scale which enables the teams and organization to inspect-adapt their implementation based on their experiences and context. LeSS is based on the idea that providing too much rules, roles, artifacts and asking the organization to tailor it down is a fundamentally flawed approach and instead scaling frameworks should be minimalistic and allowing organizations to fill them in.
Check out LeSS at http://less.works About Speaker:
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Bas Vodde
Odd-e, Agile Coach
Bas Vodde, the co-creator of LeSS, is an experienced coach in agile methods and is a certified Scrum master trainer. Next to Scrum, he trains and coaches teams in TDD, retrospective and agile planning. In 2005 he moved to Helsinki, Finland to introduce Agile Development and in particular Scrum, in Nokia Networks. For two years he watched dozens of teams adopt scrum and other agile practices. After which he decided to focus on one very large product and help it go "all the way". Bas co-authored "Scaling Agile and Lean Development" and "Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development" together with Craig Larman. He is also a contributor of the CPPUtest unit test framework.