19Scaling Agile for Multiple‐Team Projects
IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL DISCUSS SOME APPROACHES FOR SCALING AGILE FOR MULTIPLE TEAM PROJECTS.
SCRUM ‐ OF ‐ SCRUMS APPROACH
The Scrum‐of‐Scrums approach is the simplest way to provide coordination for multiple teams; however, it has some significant limitations. The Scrum‐of‐Scrums approach only provides for a very limited level of technical coordination and that is generally not sufficient for many large, complex projects. Much more sophisticated coordination mechanisms will be discussed later.
With the Scrum‐of‐Scrums approach, when multiple Scrum teams are engaged in a project, each team does its normal, individual, Daily Standup meeting to discuss items within the scope of that team's own work, and each team sends a representative to the Scrum‐of‐Scrum meetings to provide a mechanism for coordination and collaboration across different teams, as shown in Figure 19.1.
FIGURE 19.1 Scrum‐of‐Scrums meeting
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