Original Scrum scaling concepts
During all four years of participating in the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Indoor and Outdoor Varsity Track programs, I don't recall a single day when I didn't hear my field coach, Al Cantello, a former American Olympian Javelin thrower, tell us to avoid thinking we could find instant success. Of course, his point was clear; no one achieves great things overnight. It takes hard work, diligence, and time. The same principles apply to the organizations that have sponsors who want to implement Scrum practices across an enterprise. It will not happen overnight, and there is a lot of sweat equity required in the interim and beyond. If our goal is to seek excellence and be competitive, we have to work like an Olympian, or more precisely, as an Olympian team.
The founders of Scrum, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, always intended that Scrum should scale across the enterprise. Many of their books, listed in the Suggested reading section, offer extensive...