Large Agile Teams

This article describes strategies for organizing agile teams of various sizes, from small agile teams to very large agile programs. In the case of large agile teams, also called programs, this article goes into further detail and describes how to support them.

Contents

• Organizing Agile Teams
  • Small Agile Teams
  • Medium Sized Teams
  • Medium-Sized Team-of-Teams
  • Large Teams/Programs
• Supporting Large Agile Teams
  • The Product Coordination Team
  • The Product Management Team
  • The Architecture Team
  • The Independent Testing/Integration Team
  • Putting it all Together
• How Do We Organize a Large Agile Team?
• How Does Team Size Affect the Way We Work?
  • Do a bit more up-front requirements exploration
  • Do a bit more up-front architectural modelling
  • Do a bit more initial planning
  • Adopt more sophisticated coordination activities
  • Adopt more sophisticated testing strategies
  • Integrate regularly
• Avoiding Large Agile Teams

• Book: Agile Software Development in the Large: Diving into the Deep
• Book: Scaling Lean and Agile Software Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum
• The Program Management Process Blade