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Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS, 1st edition

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional (August 10, 2016) © 2017

  • Craig Larman
  • Bas Vodde

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In Large-Scale Scrum, Craig Larman and Bas Vodde offer the most direct, concise, actionable guide to reaping the full benefits of agile in distributed, global enterprises. Larman and Vodde have distilled their immense experience helping geographically distributed development organizations move to agile. Going beyond their previous books, they offer today's fastest, most focused guidance: "brass tacks" advice and field-proven best practices for achieving value fast.
  • Concise, focused, actionable coverage of the entire project lifecycle, from planning to retrospectives
  • Expert coverage of scaling requirements, planning, project management, design, and architecture
  • Thoroughly addresses multisite/offshore environments, adoption strategies and organizational design
  • By Craig Larman, renowned author of Applying UML and Patterns, and Bas Vodde, one of the world's top Scrum trainers

This book borrows heavily from experiences the authors gained writing two previous guides to large-scale agile deployment, and the feedback they received from those texts. It is briefer, more direct, and more tightly focused on the "brass tacks" needs of real project participants.

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Foreword by Stephen Denning

Preface


Chapter 1: More with LeSS 1

Chapter 2: LeSS 5

 

LeSS Structure

Chapter 3: Adoption 53

Chapter 4: Organize by Customer Value 77

Chapter 5: Management 113

Chapter 6: Scrum Masters 135

 

LeSS Product

Chapter 7: Product 155

Chapter 8: Product Owner 171

Chapter 9: Product Backlog 197

Chapter 10: Definition of Done 229

 

LeSS Sprint

Chapter 11: Product Backlog Refinement 247

Chapter 12: Sprint Planning 275

Chapter 13: Coordination & Integration 285

Chapter 14: Review & Retrospective 313

 

More or LeSS

Chapter 15: What’s Next? 329

Recommended Readings 331

Appendix A: Rules 333

Appendix B: Guides 337

 

Index 339

Craig Larman is the co-creator of LeSS, and since 2005 has worked with clients (such as UBS, bwin.party, and Nokia Networks) to apply the LeSS framework to large product groups. With his friend and colleague Bas Vodde, he is the co-author of two previous books on scaling agile development with LeSS, Scaling Lean & Agile Development and Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development. He’s also author of the popular introduction, Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide.

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