Implementing Large-Scale Agile Frameworks: Challenges and Recommendations

Kieran Conboy; Noel Carroll

Implementing Large-Scale Agile Frameworks: Challenges and Recommendations

Software Engineering 2019-01-25 v1

Authors: Kieran Conboy , Noel Carroll

Abstract

Based on 13 agile transformation cases over 15 years, this article identifies nine challenges associated with implementing SAFe, Scrum-at-Scale, Spotify, LeSS, Nexus, and other mixed or customised large-scale agile frameworks. These challenges should be considered by organizations aspiring to pursue a large-scale agile strategy. This article also provides recommendations for practitioners and agile researchers.

Keywords

software engineering microservices

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.08130,
  title  = {Implementing Large-Scale Agile Frameworks: Challenges and Recommendations},
  author = {Kieran Conboy and Noel Carroll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08130},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

To appear in IEEE Software - Special Issue on Large-Scale Agile Development, March / April 2019

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