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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, LeSSPrinciples, and LeSS Rules

• Two versions LeSS and LeSSHuge

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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