Chapter 1
Introduction
Many organizations are struggling to be successful with mainstream agile methods such as Scrum. Sometimes, the impulse is to give up and try the next great thing such as Lean or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®). The reality is that the source of failure of existing agile adoptions can often be traced to either the misapplication of core agile principles or a naïve approach to scaling agile and the need to address enterprise concerns.
Adding to the confusion is the constant bickering in the agile community about which method is best between Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, SAFe, and others. The reality is that most organizations can benefit from a number of these strategies, albeit with some consistency that a common ...
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