Difference between revisions of "LeSS Adoption Steps"
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How to adopt LeSS? I recommend the following steps and points. | How to adopt LeSS? I recommend the following steps and points. | ||
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+ | First, we recommend that the scope of the first LeSS adoption by no more than a medium-sized product group of "50 people." Do no widen the adoption. Keep focused in that 1 group for at least 6 months. And in that group, really make the organizational design changes required by LeSS. No "fake Scrum" or "fake LeSS" that is often driven by [[Larman's Laws of Organizational Behavior]] | ||
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First, I recommend starting with ''informed consent''. Rather than trying to sell or push a LeSS adoption, I encourage a slow, deliberative education process in which the senior management stakeholders carefully and deeply learn the motivations, ideas, and organizational design change implications. Some the activities I recommend during this phase include | First, I recommend starting with ''informed consent''. Rather than trying to sell or push a LeSS adoption, I encourage a slow, deliberative education process in which the senior management stakeholders carefully and deeply learn the motivations, ideas, and organizational design change implications. Some the activities I recommend during this phase include | ||
− | 1. | + | 1. A set of particular readings that I advise. |
− | 2. | + | 2. (week-1 visit by me) Senior management (and other stakeholders) join with me in the Certified LeSS Practitioner or Certified LeSS for Executives course. |
− | 3. | + | 3. (week-1 visit by me) A 1-2 day post-course workshop with me to exhaust all their specific questions about the implications, combined with advice on what product group to start with and some starting steps. |
− | 4. | + | 4. After I leave (to reduce bias) the management team slow and deliberately discuss and then decide to go/stop with a first LeSS adoption. Combined with this, that the management team develop strong alignment, agreement, and support amongst themselves for this decision. |
Revision as of 18:21, 20 August 2015
How to adopt LeSS? I recommend the following steps and points.
First, we recommend that the scope of the first LeSS adoption by no more than a medium-sized product group of "50 people." Do no widen the adoption. Keep focused in that 1 group for at least 6 months. And in that group, really make the organizational design changes required by LeSS. No "fake Scrum" or "fake LeSS" that is often driven by Larman's Laws of Organizational Behavior
First, I recommend starting with informed consent. Rather than trying to sell or push a LeSS adoption, I encourage a slow, deliberative education process in which the senior management stakeholders carefully and deeply learn the motivations, ideas, and organizational design change implications. Some the activities I recommend during this phase include
1. A set of particular readings that I advise.
2. (week-1 visit by me) Senior management (and other stakeholders) join with me in the Certified LeSS Practitioner or Certified LeSS for Executives course.
3. (week-1 visit by me) A 1-2 day post-course workshop with me to exhaust all their specific questions about the implications, combined with advice on what product group to start with and some starting steps.
4. After I leave (to reduce bias) the management team slow and deliberately discuss and then decide to go/stop with a first LeSS adoption. Combined with this, that the management team develop strong alignment, agreement, and support amongst themselves for this decision.