LeSS of a Story: An Introduction to Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) -by Bas Vodde
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LeSS of a Story: An Introduction to Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) - presented by Bas Vodde
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.
About the Presenter:
Bas Vodde is a coach, consultant, programmer, trainer, and author related to modern agile and lean product development. When he coaches organizations, he works on three levels: organizational, team, individual/technical practices. He has trained thousands of people in software development, Scrum, and modern agile practices for over a decade.
He is the author of Scaling Agile and Lean Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum (http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Lean-Agile-Development-Organizational/dp/0321480961) and of Practices for Large-Scale Agile and Lean Development (http://www.amazon.com/Practices-Scaling-Lean-Agile-Development/dp/0321636406), both together with Craig Larman.
Bas works for Odd-e (http://www.odd-e.com/), a company which supports organization in improving their product development, mainly in Asia.
Bas is interested in Scrum with a special focus on large companies and large product development. But he also enjoyed working on technical practices, especially test-driven development (especially in embedded environments) and continuous integration. He keeps working as a developer because he strongly believes you need a well-factored code base if you want to be fast and flexible. His hobbies are studies in lean production and quality management and, of course, programming.
VENUE: Microsoft - Friendship Heights Location
Microsoft has graciously offered to host the meeting in their Friendship Heights office location.
The venue is at:
5404 Wisconsin Ave, 5th Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.
NOTE: The meeting room is on the 7th Floor.
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Public Transportation
The Microsoft venue is very convenient to public transportation, right next to the Friendship Heights Metro stop on the Red Line.
Parking
There is a parking garage adjacent to the Microsoft facilities. Park in the Bloomingdale/Whole Foods lot. There's a small parking fee.