You're reading from Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises Implement Scrum and Lean-Agile techniques across complex products, portfolios, and programs in large organizations

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216473

Length 618 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Scrum

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Cecil 'Gary' Rupp

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Scaling Lightweight Scrum into a Heavyweight Contender

2. Chapter 1: TheOrigins of Agile and Lightweight Methodologies FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Scrum Beyond Basics

4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Approach

5. Chapter 4: Systems Thinking

6. Chapter 5: Lean Thinking

7. Chapter 6: Lean Practices in Software Development

8. Section 2: Comparative Review of Industry Scaled Agile Approaches

9. Chapter 7: Scrum of Scrums

10. Chapter 8: Scrum@Scale

11. Chapter 9: The Nexus Framework

12. Chapter 10: Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)

13. Chapter 11: Disciplined Agile

14. Chapter 12: Essential Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

15. Chapter 13: Full Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

16. Section 3: Implementation Strategies

17. Chapter 14: Contrasting Scrum/Lean-Agile Scaling Approaches

18. Assessments

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