Agile Software Development at Scale

Since 2001 agile software development approaches are being adopted across a wide range of organizations and are now being applied at scale. There are eight factors to consider --- team size, geographical distribution, entrenched culture, system complexity, legacy systems, regulatory compliance, organizational distribution, governance and enterprise focus --- when scaling agile. Luckily a collection of techniques and strategies exist which scale agile approaches, including considering the full development lifecycle, Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD), continuous independent testing, adopting proven strategies, agile database techniques, and lean development governance. It is possible to scale agile approaches, but you will need to look beyond the advice provided by the "agile in the small" literature.