LeSS Review

General Overview

• LeSS History
• *Economics* of Agile Transformation & “Triple Taxation” 
• What LeSS is NOT (certainly!)
• What is LeSS?  What is NOT LeSS?
• Avoiding: “Agile Layered Cakes” and “Layered OKRs“
• Avoid: Budgeting Fake Velocities
• Avoiding “Double Blind” Dates
• Avoiding “Bad SQL: Role Relabeling”  and   Terms Relabeling”
• Avoiding: “Agile” Framework: Version 348.54345345435…
• Informed Consent: Inverted Organization
• LeSS Adoption: Principles 1 and 2.   Principle 3
• One LeSS Sprint. Same “Rowing” Cadence
• Typical LeSS Organizational Chart
• LeSS Huge | Requirement Areas | Typical LeSS Huge Organization |
• Scrum Master in LeSS | Product Owner in LeSS (deep dive)

Scrum Master in LeSS

• Classic Omissions with SM role in Basic Scrum (1-team)
  • Bad SQL for HR
  • SM – Taking your organization into a down-spiral
  • The “Blind Date” of SM & PO
  • SM – Stargate
  • SM “by certification”
  • SM – Career Fast-Tracker
  • “Tips” on…how to LOSE a great SM
• SM in LeSS
  • SM – F/T role & Structural Element of LeSS
  • SM – F/T role is a reality (large Fin Tech example)
  • SM – Shift of focus (over time)
  • SM – Special Relationship with PO
  • SM – Focus, with respect to Team, PO, Management)
  • SM Main Responsibilities (Venn)

Primary Learning Resources

• LeSS Structure
• Getting Started
• What is System Modelling in LeSS class? (video)
• Debriefing Systems Modeling (video)
• Lean Thinking – what is it?
• Proper Scaling of Scrum and Dynamic Financial Forecasting
•  Preparing for First Call
• Preparing for LeSS Adoption
• LeSS Story
• The Scrum Guide, by Jeff Sutherland and Ken Scwaber
• Scrum Checklist by Henrik Kniberg 
• The Scrum Master Checklist, by Michael James
• Scrum Primer

HR Implications of LeSS Adoption

• Deep & Narrow Adoption: HR focus
• Product Owner | Product Owner Relationship
• Scrum Master | Scrum Master Focus over time
• Feature Teams | Feature Team characteristics
• Managers
• Responsibilities of the LeSS roles
• LeSS Organization (inverted structure)
• LeSS Organizational Overview (org chart)
• HR-Related LeSS Experiments – Deciphered
• System Modelling of HR-Related “Nuances”

Additional Learning Resources

• The LeSS Blog
• Other LeSS Blogs
• Articles
• Books and Chapters
• Videos
• Newsletters Archive
• LeSS Onion (the complete picture)

Class Self-Preparation:

• Introduction to LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum)
• “The Contract Game” (22-44min), by Craig Larman (video)
• Why “Scrum” Isn’t Making Your Organization Agile: Harmful Misconceptions About Product Owner Role (video)
• Why LeSS?
• Introduction to LeSS
• System Thinking – what is it?
• Pre-Course Scrum Assessment
• Pre-Course LeSS Assessment