Madison Henry's approach to Agile Scaling engagements incorporates the following components:

  • Obtain Agile Executive Sponsorship.

  • Identify an important product area with a stakeholder(s) and multiple teams that will make a difference. 

  • 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.

  • Provide training on Agile, the scaling strategy and related practices.

  • Organize and align executive sponsor(s), stakeholder(s) and teams.

  • Develop a time-based Feature Team adoption map.

  • Build a DevOps environment to a minimum professional level.

  • Develop and order a Product Backlog for several iterations of work.

  • Start executing the scaling strategy with an initial Sprint. 

  • Inspect and adapt while executing the scaling strategy. 

  • Provide ongoing coaching and additional training as needed.  

  • Create an Agile Center of Excellence.

  • Enable an Agile Community of Practice.