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Large-Scale Agile Frameworks

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Digital transformation is the driver of agile prioritization. The central issue in overarching prioritization in the environment of IT projects is the organization and cooperation between the agile teams: How are coordination processes ideally regulated in the agile environment—especially overarching requirements in complex IT systems and software projects? In addition, the question arises as to how—in the case of software development in a functional domain with several technically separate products—the functional sub-aspects of the domain and the technical documentation of the software products mutually complement each other and how such documentation can be created and updated in an agile manner. Agile models for organizing digital transformation: The large-scale agile frameworks presented in this book are the agile models for digital transformation in large organizations. Digital transformation places a variety of demands on organizations and requires a rethinking of organizational structures. Highly specialized teams are in demand, and new tools are desired as working tools for effective communication between teams. Agile collaboration brings new rules of behavior into play and demands an agile mindset from all those involved. Companies that do not use purely standard software products, but rather establish their processes and services on individualized software solutions, face the following challenges when develo** software—as part of complex IT systems: While companies want widely individualized software based on their individual requirements, software manufacturers are interested in largely standardized software products. The dilemma between individualization and efficient standardization results in corresponding prioritization requirements. In this context, Large-Scale Agile Development is designed to cover software architecture, inter-team coordination, portfolio management and scaling in terms of software solutions and organizational structure. A Scaled Agile framework is designed to provide an effective agile organizational model for a complex environment. In particular, it avoids aligning the responsibilities of coordination and information sharing to a single role, but instead provides an exchange between as many team stakeholders as possible.

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Block, S. (2023). Digital Transformation & Agile Prioritization. In: Large-Scale Agile Frameworks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67782-7_2

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