Cecil Rupp - Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises: Implement Scrum and Lean-Agile techniques across complex products, portfolios, and programs in large organizations

Implement Scrum and Lean-Agile techniques across complex products, portfolios, and programs in large organizations

Cecil Rupp

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To my dear wife, Carolyn, who has stood by my side and patiently supported the countless hours I have had to commit to research and writing. Without her support, this work would not have been possible. And, to the loving memory of my parents who instilled in me the values of human decency, hard work, and carrying through a task to its completion.

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As an agile practitioner since 2000, I have read hundreds of books on Agile and Lean: books that talk about benefits of Agile and Lean; books that describe one or more Agile frameworks or Lean practices. What I always found to be lacking was a single book that presents the entire landscape of Agile and Lean methods. This book, Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises, is the answer!

Cecil "Gary" Rupp is the author of two other recently released books, SDLC Foundations and Tools and Templates, which are part of his Building Our Digital World Series. Gary has done it again! Gary has years of experience of using Agile and Lean methods in information technology consulting, professional services, and executive management roles. Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises does an amazing job of presenting the history of Agile methodologies, Lean development, and systems thinking.

As an Enterprise Agility Coach, I have helped customers improve their organizational agility. I have led the evolution of organizations from individuals seeking better ways to deliver products, to small cross-functional teams, to teams of teams with the same purpose in mind.

I have seen first-hand how individuals, team members, and executives struggle with understanding the various Lean frameworks. Further, leaders are looking for answers and a path toward scaling agility. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and comparison of modern Scrum and Lean-Agile scaling strategies. It demonstrates that modern Scrum and Lean-Agile practices are not just about improving agility in software development, but also about achieving enterprise-wide business agility.

This book provides guidance on how modern scaled Scrum and Lean-Agile approaches help improve business agility across the most challenging organizational structures, product teams, portfolios, and programs. Gary articulates the most important aspects of Agile and Lean that are often overlooked by organizations. This is definitely a must-read for leaders in organizations that are serious about their commitment to scaling agility.

Manjit Singh

President and CEO

Agilious LLC

People.Powered.Agility.

Co-author of the book The Lean Playbook: Build a Lean Organization Yourself

Cecil Rupp brings more than 30 years of practitioner and executive-level experience in applying the methods and tools of information technology(IT) for software development. His roles span IT professional services, management, business process re-engineering consulting, product management, sales, and marketing.

In addition, Mr. Rupp has directly managed more than 30 enterprise-class IT programs and projects, with the last 15 years focused almost exclusively on supporting large federal and commercial health IT programs. He is also the author of the Building our Digital World (BODW) series of books on software and systems development practices.

From the beginning, I wanted to make sure that I accurately represented the Scrum and Lean-Agile approaches described in this book, and I reached out to the experts to get their input. There are also permissions that must be sought out and granted. So many folks were kind enough to help, and I want to thank all the people who responded back to my queries, read through the sections relevant to their respective disciplines, and who were kind enough to help me with their permissions and to provide their feedback. All of their efforts helped make this a better product.

Especially, I'd like to thank the following for their contributions to reviewing and providing feedback on the content relevant to their disciplines:

Jeff Sutherland Scrum, Scrum of Scrums, Scrum@Scale

Kurt Bittner and Patricia Kong The Nexus Framework