Chapter 5

Preparing the Organization

This chapter provides guidelines for preparing small development organizations for agile software development. It includes preparations for a new agile initiative and general guidelines for transitioning organizations toward higher maturity levels of agile analysis. Figure 5.1 highlights the activities covered in the chapter.

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Figure 5.1 Chapter 5 agile analysis and planning activities

The chapter explains how to structure teams by value so that each team can deliver capabilities to customers and users with minimal dependencies on others. The chapter also explains why team dependencies cannot be entirely ...

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