Madison Henry's approach to Agile Scaling engagements incorporates the following components:
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Obtain Agile Executive Sponsorship.
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Identify an important product area with a stakeholder(s) and multiple teams that will make a difference.
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Develop a scaling strategy that leverages a framework(s) such as Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or Scaled Professional Scrum (Nexus) or an organic approach like Scrum of Scrums.
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Provide training on Agile, the scaling strategy and related practices.
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Organize and align executive sponsor(s), stakeholder(s) and teams.
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Develop a time-based Feature Team adoption map.
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Build a DevOps environment to a minimum professional level.
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Develop and order a Product Backlog for several iterations of work.
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Start executing the scaling strategy with an initial Sprint.
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Inspect and adapt while executing the scaling strategy.
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Provide ongoing coaching and additional training as needed.
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Create an Agile Center of Excellence.
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Enable an Agile Community of Practice.
