Scaling agile
                     Scaling 
Agile

What is the right time to consider scaling agile? You should 
consider exploring scaling if the work cannot be done by 
just one team in isolation. When there are multiple teams 
collaborating together to achieve the same goal, with 
distinct focus areas but there are common dependencies 
including skills or you have to ship the effective integrated 
outcome incrementally and continuously. In short, scaling 
should be considered once you move beyond the team 
level process improvement.
Scaling agile could also be referred to as bringing a common 
mindset of embracing change at all levels of organization where 
all functions work together with a shared goal to succeed driven 
by shared virtues like client centricity, execution certainty.
 
Today there are various available approaches like Scaling Agile @ 
Spotify, SAFe, LeSS, LeSS Huge, Nexus, Scrum of Scrums, Scrum 
at Scale, DAD to name a few. Each offers a wide variety of 
frameworks which offer scaling ranging from ‘couple of teams 
working together to build a product’ to ‘Organizational agility’. 
There is no one size fits all approach and the organization should 
explore, evaluate and then decide on suitable options to scale.
Fundamentally, intent, outcomes, mindset and core principle 
around agile adoption remains the same for one team or for 
multiple teams. Continuous improvement in process and product, 
managing requirements that keep evolving, short feedback loops, 
identifying and minimizing waste and to always respond to 
change, adapt, deliver value continuously and bring ‘one team’ 
mindset at all levels is the core of any agile transformation 
journey.
 
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