Top 10 Large-Scale Scrum Framework Resources

Top 10 Large-Scale Scrum Framework Resources

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What is Large Scaled Scrum (LeSS) Framework?

Large Scaled Scrum, abbreviated as LeSS, is one of the leading frameworks of agile software development. It is a multi-team scrum framework that can be applied to an agile team consisting of twelve, hundreds or even thousands of individuals, all of whom are working together on one specific shared product.

Bas Vodde and Craig Larman evolved the LeSS framework from their experiences working with large-scale product development, especially in the telecoms and finance industries. It evolved by taking Scrum and trying many different experiments to discover what works. In 2013, the experiments were solidified into the LeSS framework rules. The intention of LeSS is to ‘descale’ organization complexity, dissolving unnecessary complex organizational solutions, and solving them in simpler ways. Less roles, less management, less organizational structures.

Useful Resources for LeSS Framework

1. LeSS Official Site – There are lots of different learning resources for exploring more about LeSS. We try to collect the most interesting and relevant ones here for further study. Hope these learning resources will guide you on your LeSS exploration: Blog Articles Books and Chapters Videos Newsletters Archive
2. LeSS Framework, Agile, Scrum and UML Articles and Tutorials from VisualParadigm UML, EA and Project Management Agile LeSS and Scrum
3. Scrum and Large Scaled Framework (LeSS) at Wikipedia Large-scale Scrum (LeSS) is a product development framework that extends Scrum with scaling rules and guidelines without losing the original purposes of Scrum. There are two levels to the framework: the first LeSS level is designed for up toeight teams; the second level, known as ‘LeSS Huge’, introduces additional scaling elements for development with up to hundreds of developers. “Scaling Scrum starts with understanding and being able to adopt standard real one-team Scrum. Large-scale Scrum requires examining the purpose of single-team Scrum elements and figuring out how to reach the same purpose while staying within the constraints of the standard Scrum rules.”
4. LeSS Framework ( Article ) Published in Inform IT by By Craig Larman and BasVodde Oct 21, 2016 An Overview of LeSS Framework written by the original authors
5. The Project Management Blueprint Part 2: A Comprehensive Comparison of Waterfall, DAD, SAFe, LeSS, and Scrum@Scale ( Article ) by DARREN HAGMAN
6. LeSS agile framework? ( Article ) – A general introduction
7. What is SAFe? The Scaled Agile Framework explained – SAFe vs. DAD vs. LeSS( Article ) by Moira Alexander, Aug 2019, CIO.com
8. Scaling agile in large organizations: Practices, challenges, and success factors,( Article ) by Researchgate.net with a summary.