Scrum@

Scale

The Enterprise Product Owner is responsible for

maximizing the value generated by the entire

enterprise. They are the sole person responsible

for managing the Enterprise Backlog ensuring:

• The Strategic Vision is understood by all

• A Strategic Plan is created that reflects the

vision

• The Enterprise Backlog is ordered, visible,

transparent and clear to all

• All Enterprise Backlog Items are clearly

expressed

• The teams within the enterprise understand

the Enterprise Backlog Items that affect them.

Enterprise Product Owner

Executive MetaScrum Team

Part of:EnterpriseScrum of Scrums

Scrum@

Scale

An enterprise made up of a set of teams that

have a need to coordinate to maximize the value

delivered to their customers. This could be the

entire organization or any organizational unit

within the organization that is to be run as an

agile business.

Enterprise Scrum of Scrums are:

• Self organizing

• Cross-functional

• Flexible

• Creative

• Productive

and operate as a Scrum Team under the

guidance of an Enterprise Product Owner and an

Enterprise Scrum Master.

Enterprise Scrum of Scrums

TeamApplies to:

Scrum@

Scale

A group of executives and Chief Product

Owners who set the direction for an

enterprise. It:

• Establishes the Strategic Vision and

accompanying Strategic Plan

• Generates a single prioritized backlog

• Eliminates dependencies and overlap

between the teams

• Aligns all teams and stakeholders around

common goals.

The Executive MetaScrum Team is led by

an Enterprise Product Owner who is

responsible for establishing the Enterprise

Backlog.

Executive

MetaScrum Team

TeamApplies to:

Scrum@

Scale

Part of:EnterpriseScrum of Scrums

The Enterprise Scrum Master is responsible for

ensuring that agility is understood and enacted

at all levels of the organization.

Amongst other things they help:

• The executive to be agile

• Facilitate Scrum@Scale events

• Remove impediments

• The Enterprise Product Owner to effectively

manage the Enterprise Backlog

• The Scrum of Scrums & Scrum teams that

make up the organization collaborate to

maximize the value delivered.

They are the key enabler of organizational

agility, promoting agility and Scrum at all levels

of the organization.

EnterpriseScrum Master

Scrum@

Scale

TeamApplies to:

The leadership team for an agile

enterprise. It:

• owns the agile ecosystem

• implements the Scrum Values

• makes sure that Scrum, and

Scrum@Scale, roles are created and

supported

• quickly removes organizational

impediments.

It is itself a Scrum Team operating under

the guidance of the organization’s

Enterprise Product Owner and Enterprise

Scrum Master.

Executive

Action Team

Scrum@

Scale

A time-box of three months or less

containing 2 or more Sprints usually used

to support rolling budgeting and the

achievement of enterprise-wide goals. It

is a shared time-box that aligns and

synchronizes everyone in an enterprise. A

new Sprint of Sprints starts immediately

after the conclusion of the previous one.

Sprint of Sprints

Scheduled

Goals Set and Alignment Achieved

Reviewed

WorkRelates to:

Scrum@

Scale

Common Sprint

A time-box of one month or less during

which all teams produce a “Done”, useable

and potentially shippable Increment. This

is a common time-box that synchronizes

all the teams in an enterprise facilitating

transparency, alignment and faster

changes of direction.

Scheduled

Goals Established

Reviewed

WorkRelates to:

Scrum@

Scale

Plan and replan the work for the next

24 hours or so; to resolve emergent

dependencies and issues, to optimize

team collaboration, and to get things

to Done. Normally held daily after the

teams’ Daily Scrum, this is 15-minute

time-boxed event for the Enterprise

Scrum-of-Scrums.

Enterprise Scaled

Daily Scrum

2

Management

Coordinate Activity

3

Work: Under Control

Leadership

Scrum@

Scale

An informal event, held periodically, to

inspect the Enterprise’s results and adapt

the Enterprise Backlog. A time-boxed event

of no more than 4 hours for a one-month

timebox (shorter for shorter timeboxes).

Enterprise Sprint Review

3

Leadership

Track Progress

3

S’holder Rep

… and all other

competencies.

Enterprise Backlog Increment

Enterprise Backlog: Items Ordered

Enterprise Backlog Items: Identified

Metrics: Results Available

Common Sprint: Reviewed

Scrum@

Scale

An opportunity for the Enterprise Scrum

of Scrums to inspect itself and create a

plan for Improvements to be enacted

across the teams. A periodic, regularly

repeated, time-boxed event of no more

than 3 hours for a one-month period

(shorter for shorter periods).

Enterprise

Retrospective

2

Management

Support the Team

3

Leadership

Improvement: Identified or Beyond

… and all other

competencies.

Way of Working

Scrum@

Scale

The on-going process of adding detail,

estimates and order to the items in the

Organizational Transformation Backlog,

and transforming opportunities and

impediments into actionable

improvements or experiments.

An Enterprise Scrum of Scrums activity led

by the Enterprise Scrum Master.

Transformation

Backlog Refinement

2

Management

Support the Team

3

Leadership

… and all other

competencies.

Way of Working

Improvement: ReadyOrganizational Transformation Backlog: Items Ordered

Scrum@

Scale

MetaScrum

A stakeholder alignment event where the

Enterprise Product Owner shares the Enterprise

Backlog with the business owners who control

funding, personnel and customer commitments

so they can express their preferences and,

sometimes, urgent demands.

An Executive MetaScrum Team activity, led by

the Enterprise Product Owner, held at least once

a Sprint.

Enterprise Backlog: Items Ordered

Requirements

2

Leadership

Understand Requirements

3 … and all other

competencies.S’holder Rep

Scrum@

Scale

Enterprise Backlog Refinement

The on-going process of adding detail,

estimates, and order to the items in the

Enterprise Backlog, and decomposing complex

items so they can be pulled by the individual

teams. An Executive Meta Scrum Team activity

led by the Enterprise Product Owner and held at

least once a Sprint.

Enterprise Backlog: Items Ordered

Enterprise Backlog Items: Ready

Requirements

2

Leadership

Understand Requirements

3 … and all other

competencies.

Scrum@

Scale

Periodically plan the work to be performed

by an Enterprise Scrum of Scrums using a

higher-level planning horizon than a single

Sprint (usually 3 to 6 months). A time-boxed

event of no more than 8 hours for a three-

month period (longer for longer periods).

Strategic Planning

2

Management

Coordinate Activity

3

Leadership

… and all other

competencies.

Enterprise Backlog: Items Ordered

Metrics: Results Available

Common Sprints: Scheduled

Strategic Plan: Key Events Identified or beyond.

Work: Prepared or beyond

Scrum@

Scale

Strategic

Envisioning

The on-going process of aligning an

enterprise along a shared path forward

whilst responding to rapidly changing

market conditions.

An Executive MetaScrum Team activity led

by the Enterprise Product Owner.

Strategic Vision: Strategy Set

Explore Possibilities

3

S’holder Rep

… and all other

competencies.

Opportunity

Opportunity

3

Analysis

Scrum@

Scale

A shared backlog that feeds an enterprise,

creates clear priorities across the teams,

and avoids the duplication of work.

The items in the Enterprise Backlog are

known as Enterprise Backlog Items. They

are typically large in size and broad in

scope affecting many, if not all, the teams

in the enterprise.

Describes:

Enterprise Backlog

Requirements

Items Ordered

Scrum@

Scale

Enterprise

Backlog Item

An item of significant value to the

enterprise that will typically involve

many teams, cross many products and

take many sprints (for example a new

initiative, business capability, product

line or service).

Identified

Ready

Done

Relates to: Requirements

Scrum@

Scale

A visualization of any business-significant

events, dependencies, and collaborations

that will impact the organization during the

Sprint (or Sprint of Sprints) particularly

those that cut across the entire

organization. It provides a way to manage

the flow of work within an enterprise and

should be frequently reviewed and updated

(at least weekly if not daily).

Dependency Board

Describes: Work

Key Events Identified

Other Detail Captured

Key Dependencies Captured

Scrum@

Scale

An action to be taken to improve an

enterprise’s way of working (for

example a change initiative, an

improvement to be made, an

experiment to be conducted, or an

impediment to be removed).

Improvement

Way of WorkingRelates to:

Identified

Ready

Done

Scrum@

Scale

Enterprise Sprint

Goal

An objective set for an Enterprise that can

be met through the implementation of

the Enterprise Backlog. It provides

guidance on what the enterprise is trying

to achieve next, focuses the work of the

Executive Meta Scrum Team and helps the

teams to align and collaborate.

An Enterprise Sprint Goal may take more

than one Sprint to achieve.

Objective Clear

Common Sprint orDescribes:

Sprint of Sprints

Scrum@

Scale

Organizational

Transformation Backlog

An ordered list of everything that is to be

done to improve the way of working,

including the removal of everything known

to be hindering or blocking the work of the

Enterprise. The single source for any

changes to be made to the agile eco-system,

the Organizational Transformation Backlog

relentlessly drives improvement. It is made

up of Improvements that address

opportunities, drive change, conduct

experiments or remove impediments.

Describes: Way of Working

Items Ordered

Scrum@

Scale

A plan that sets the direction for an

Enterprise Scrum of Scrums; identifying key

events, predicting changes in budgets, and

forecasting product launches and

availability.

Created by the Executive MetaScrum Team

with the help of the Executive Action Team

and the other key members of the

Enterprise Scrum of Scrums.

Strategic Plan

Describes: Work

Key Events Identified

Delivery Forecast

Scrum@

Scale

Strategic Vision

Clearly align an entire enterprise along a

shared path forward; compellingly

articulating why the organization exists,

what it will produce and how it will

respond to rapidly changing market

conditions.

Describes: Opportunity

Strategy Set

Value Forecast

Need Identified

Scrum@

Scale

A minimally uniform “Definition of

Done” that applies to all teams in the

Enterprise.

Complements, and aligns, the more

specific “Definitions of Done”

defined for the Product Increments

being produced.

Way of WorkingDescribes:

Shared Definition

of Done

Completion Conditions Listed

Quality Criteria and Evidence Described

Scrum@

Scale

A key to transparency, enterprise metrics

provide decision makers with appropriate

context to make good decisions.

As a minimum enterprises should measure:

• Productivity

• Value Delivery

• Quality

• Sustainability

Enterprise Metrics

Measures Agreed

Results Available

Trends Analyzed

Way of WorkingDescribes: