The document discusses scaling agile practices in large, self-hosted environments. It notes that while agile has proven successful, achieving scale presents challenges. Experts provide that the key elements for successful scaling are process, tools, and discipline. A hybrid approach is suggested to stretch agile practices across a large scale by replacing tools like whiteboards with advanced communication tools for remote teams. Clear vision, team involvement in planning, and exploring the best of both small and large approaches can help organizations scale agile according to their needs.

1. The Proven Technique for Scaling Agile in Self Hosted Environment
Forbes calls agile as “The World’s most popular innovation engine” back in 2015 and a few
years following, agile project management methodology has grown as the most successful
project management methodology in the system.
These days 2Million+ firms are performing agile methodology and producing brilliant returns as
well. That is not a shock.

2. As per the Pulse of Profession report, “75% of agile organizations achieve their business goals.
In addition to this, 65% agile projects met their deadline and 67% inside the budget”.
When you link these numbers with separate project management methodologies, then you can
realize notice a huge difference in project success rates, which speaks volumes about the
impact agile methodology, has made on the project management landscape.
The biggest obstacle in implementing agile in large-scale enterprises is scalability. The bigger
the company size, the more difficult is to scale agile according to your needs.
So, what is the solution to this problem? Read on to find out
What Experts Had To Say
Harish Grama, Vice President of rational product development and customer support at IBM
provides a formula to resolve this issue.
According to him, “there are three key elements to successfully scaling and implementing agile
in large enterprises”.
1. Process
2. Tools
3. Discipline
According to Jeff Sutherland, co-inventor of Scrum-Agile framework and CEO of Scrum Inc, “Big
companies have bigger problems so they cannot afford to have sloppy practices.”
Robert Holler, CEO of VersionOne Inc, “a vendor for project management tools agrees to the
notion that implementing agile in a large organization is exponentially more difficult”.
He said, “You have to treat Agile transformation as a change management process”.
On the other hand, Theresa Lanowitz, Founder of Voke Inc “warns large organizations and tells
them to first assess whether agile is the right fit for them or not before implementing it”.

3. 1. Have A Clear Vision
It is important to have a clear vision about what your want to achieve with agile
implementation in order to scale it according to your business needs.
Without a clear vision, you will struggle to implement agile and benefit from it. This might also
lead to a rift between different departments in your organization.
For instance, a sales representative will ask the project manager about the product vision so
they can tell clients in which direction the product might be heading.
If the project manager cannot answer the question, it will create problems not only affecting
sales but also dent relationships between departments.
2. Involve Your Teams In Planning
With the trend of cross-functional teams gaining ground in the corporate world, you can use it
to your advantage by involving them in the planning phase.
You never know a person from a particular department has a great suggestion that might make
a huge difference.
By involving team members in planning, it will foster trust because they think that their
suggestions are being valued.
More importantly, they can give you a different take on things, a fresh perspective you might
have never thought about.
3. Take The Hybrid Approach
When you compare a large-sized enterprise with a small business, you will realize that the agile
practices both use and the challenges both faces are the same.

4. The difference comes in magnitude and scale. The same problem a small business faces will also
be a problem for a large-scale enterprise but it would be much bigger and more complex for
large enterprises.
In order to successfully scale agile to fit in your business, you need to use a hybrid approach.
All you have to do is to stretch the same agile practices used by small businesses over a large
scale and you will succeed.
For example, “if you have a team comprising of more team members and some of the team
members are located in different parts of the world, you cannot use whiteboards and sticky
notes as a small business with a team sitting together in a single room”.
Just replace those tools with advanced communication tools, which help you convey your
message to remote team members.
Taking a hybrid approach to agile scalability will provide you with an opportunity to explore the
best of both worlds.
How Orangescrum Doing
As straight forward this may sound, implementation isn’t that easy.
Head over to any job posting sites and go over a few Scrum Master, Agile Coach job descriptions.
You will see how cumbersome and contradicting requirements are listed there.
No one is to blame. But it explains all too clear how unaware organizations are about their own
real needs.
It isn’t a bad thing. Rather a great area to start fixes with.
On the other hand, the market you are in and the way your company functions may not be very
conducive to agile practices and may make an attempt irrelevant from the word go.
Hence, obtaining & maintaining absolute engagement at all levels across the organization is key
to the agile methodology adoption.