Many organisations don’t really want to change how they do business and believe that they can continue in the way they always have while still getting better at delivering software.
They are wrong!
While there are organisations that are successfully scaling out there, they are exceedingly rare. What are the commonalities between these organisations and how have they managed to get past the illusion of scaled agile to the values and principles that are allowing them to leave their competitors in the dust?
To go big, you must go small!
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Presentation: https://nkdagility.net/2CdA7cN
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