Scaling scrum with a customized nexus framework: A report from a joint industry‐academia research project

Andrzej Joskowski; Adam Przybyłek; Bartosz Marcinkowski

doi:10.1002/spe.3201

Scaling scrum with a customized nexus framework: A report from a joint industry‐academia research project

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espite a wide range of scaling frameworks available, large-scale agile transformations are not straightforward undertakings. Few organizations have structures in place that fit the predefined workflows – while once one applies an off-the-shelf framework outside of its prescribed process, guidance quickly runs out. In this paper, we demonstrate how to instantiate a method configuration process using a lightweight experimental approach embedded in Action Research cycles. The proposed approach was developed to assist practitioners working on a multiple-team project at Intel Technology Poland to find the right practices to continue their Nexus-based transformation and integrate their in-house method into the already established company structures, processes, and routines. In particular, it enabled identifying a series of challenges with scaled practices and coping with those. The challenges ranged from logistical problems, through poor availability of the Product Owner, to lackluster knowledge transfer and a wide array of communication/coordination issues at meetings. The study broadens the current body of knowledge within technology management and the scaled agile method-tailoring domain. It indicates potential corrective actions that may be taken advantage of by entities that are not inclined, due to organizational constraints, to directly implement an off-the-shelf framework. Furthermore, our study demonstrates that a gradual transition to large-scale agile at the project level (1) is possible with the preservation of traditional command-and-control management practices; (2) requires neither middle management involvement nor upfront investment; and (3) does not need to disrupt the continuous delivery of the product.

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SOFTWARE-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE no. 53, pages 1525 - 1542,
ISSN: 0038-0644

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English

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2023

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Joskowski A., Przybyłek A., Marcinkowski B.: Scaling scrum with a customized nexus framework: A report from a joint industry‐academia research project// SOFTWARE-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE -,iss. 7 (2023), s.1525-1542

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