Software the Agile Way....

Before launching a project, organization need to include a first cut as per the below list: Product vision  Product roadmapping   Feature selection (feasibility, WSJF-Weighted Shortest Job First, etc)   Story mapping / initial product backlog   MoSCoW / slicing / MVP   High level architecture   Technology stack selection   Risk management (starting with identification)   Some UX/UI as this needs to work a bit ahead of "coding"   Test strategy   Tool selection (CI, testing, build, code analytics etc)   Scrum Team definition   Skill gap identification + training / coaching plan   Stakeholder Management (starting with identification)   1 pager Scrum Team charter + social contract   User feedback strategy   (outside) dependency management (starting with identification)   PBR that makes the product backlog ready for sprint 1   How to deal with (enterprise) governance   Strate...

Why we have this document When to prepare it  How to represent it   How far in advance is the document,   Who creates it   In what format is the document Who need this document and what value it will generate

We're trying to deliver what clients want.  Since we know, through decades of experience, that clients, whether internal or external, can't articulate what they want until they see it, showing them working results as we progress makes obvious sense.  We also know from experience that "throwing requirements over the wall" without deep collaboration is a failed approach, so requiring clients to be "product owners" and remain engaged makes obvious sense as well. We've learned that big-bang, front loaded project planning doesn't account for inevitable changes in business and environment, so we plan and develop in cycles to enable reality to influence our delivery.  Agile is a reflection of the realities we've learned from decades of failed projects, mingled with the modern, lean style of management pioneered by the Deming, Six Sigma movements, leavened with the sensibilities of new generations of developers.

Some of the approaches to scale scrum are mentioned below: - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), by Dean Leffingwell; - Disciplined Agile Development (DAD), by Scott Ambler; - Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde. Each has pros and cons and suited for different types of organisations or projects. What's more important is when we implement any practice is to track the impact of the change using hard direct evidence and see if the change is positive or negative. Look at evidence based management  to help track it.