Leveraging LeSS principles, roles, guides, and experimentation
Detailed in their book, Large-Scale Scrum: More with Less, Larman and Vodde describe the LeSS framework as consisting of numerous LeSS rules and LeSS guides. This book will not cover all of them. Instead, you will obtain an understanding of how LeSS works in a generalized sense. For more information, please refer to Larman and Vodde's books and website. In their books and their website (https://less.works/), Larman and Vodde provide a wealth of knowledge on the use of LeSS rules and LeSS guides. Figure 10.1 shows the relationships between LeSS principles, frameworks, guides, and experiments:
Figure 10.1 – LeSS complete picture
The LeSS principles establish the core upon which LeSS is built. The Less and LeSS Huge frameworks are next, establishing the rules and foundations for empiricism and whole-product focus with Scrum on a large scale. The guides potentially extend the rules of the...