Difference between revisions of "LeSS Adoption Steps"
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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 | + | First, we recommend that the scope of the first LeSS adoption by no more than a medium-sized product group of "50 people." Do not widen the adoption! Keep focused in that 1 group for at least 6 months, and with lots of dedicated expert coaching, both organizational and technical. 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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| − | + | 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. | 1. A set of particular readings that I advise. | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 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 not widen the adoption! Keep focused in that 1 group for at least 6 months, and with lots of dedicated expert coaching, both organizational and technical. 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.
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.