Scrum@Scale® Case Studies
Scrum@Scale pushes the boundaries of what’s possible when scaling the Scrum Framework. Registered Scrum@Scale Trainers™ have a proven record of improving organizational performance. We are proud to share the lessons learned through Scrum@Scale implementations. We are committed to the discovery of empirically validated patterns, anti-patterns, techniques, and insights from real-world experience. Scrum@Scale case studies span a wide range of industries and domains.
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From Missed Deadlines to Agile Success: Transforming Digital Media with Scrum@Scale
Hear how Mohammed Rowther led a successful Scrum@Scale transformation at a major digital media company facing challenges with its outdated waterfall model. By implementing behavior-driven development, creating cross-functional feature teams, and introducing executive-level alignment workshops, Rowther significantly improved delivery times, collaboration, and customer satisfaction. The transformation resulted in an 80% increase in delivery speed, more accurate targets, and a more motivated workforce, demonstrating the power of Scrum@Scale in overcoming organizational hurdles.
read moreTransforming Logistics: From Silos to Speed
Unbox Robotics Private Limited, a company specializing in order sorting and product consolidation for logistics, e-commerce, and warehouse companies, undertook an Agile transformation to improve efficiency and market responsiveness. When Pasha and his team began their work within the organization, teams were not coordinated which was impacting speed to delivery, overall processes were inefficient due to heavy bureaucracy, and the organization was up against a key trade show deadline. With this in mind, the team was given six months to reach their goals and a limited budget to make it happen. Read on to hear how Scrum@Scale is transforming logistics, helping Unbox Robotics increase speed to market and achieve 5x revenue in 12 months.
read moreImproving Forecasting Accuracy with Scrum at Scale
This case study examines the journey of a large, non-profit health insurance provider as they implemented and scaled Scrum practices to enhance their digital product portfolio. The organization faced challenges with Product Owner cycles, release planning, and forecast accuracy, leading to missed goals and low morale. Through strategic implementation of an Executive Metascrum, they improved forecasting accuracy and customer satisfaction, achieving significant organizational improvements over a six-month period.
read moreAchieve 5-10x Faster Market Delivery with Scrum at Scale
One of the Netherlands' largest DIY retail franchises had a siloed management structure and projects that took 3-12 months or even longer to get to market. They had a waterfall delivery style, with the entirety of the delivery at the end and no early value delivery for customers. Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Serge Beaumont's approach started with the creation of cross-functional, autonomous teams, each solely responsible for a different part of the process. This allowed for work to proceed very quickly with each team simultaneously able to complete their part of a project without first waiting on another team. The results were immediate and impressive. The team achieved 5-10x faster market delivery to customers, there was now alignment between what was expected and what was delivered, delivery was made in smaller chunks allowing for early value delivery to customers, and e-Commerce sales soared.
read moreCreating Customer-Centric Social Media Teams Using Agile
In this case study, Christoph Dibbern tackles a myriad of challenges that were plaguing a social media-based organization – lack of prioritization, no organizational refactoring, and a lack of shared values. These challenges created an unproductive and unhealthy environment, where mistrust and misalignment were common and innovation was stifled. Utilizing Scrum@Scale, the organization was able to align around a customer-centric focus, work as a cohesive unit, and deliver high quality results to customers faster.
read morePreserve Culture While Scaling: The Road Back to Cohesiveness
Gereon Hermkes explores the complexities of maintaining a cohesive corporate culture amidst the explosive expansion of a technology firm. To address this challenge, Gereon initiated a simple Scrum@Scale strategy focused on rejuvenating the core values of shared language, trust and cooperation. These principles had defined the company's early days but began to deteriorate with rapid scaling.
read moreResolving Government Project Inefficiencies with Agile Solutions
Discover how Dave Witkin and his team tackled government project inefficiencies, turning an eight-year struggle into success with agile solutions. Learn about their agile approach and key achievements in streamlining delivery, paving the way for on-time product delivery and expansion opportunities.
read moreFrom Good to GrEAT – Chris Norris
Agile Education Case Study From Good to GrEAT with Chris Norris Discover how Chris Norris dramatically improved the eStore development process for a large food and beverage company through the creation of an Executive Action Team (EAT). This case study demonstrates a...
Communication Agility – Megan Fremont-Smith
Learn how Scrum Inc.’s Director of Public Training Megan Fremont-Smith facilitates better communication habits for Scrum Teams by championing the DiSC model of communicating. Read/Watch: “Communication Agility” to learn how to better assess communicating styles and improve team collaboration.
read moreFlatter, More Agile, and Energized! – Keisuke Wada
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Keisuke Wada led one of Japan’s top automobile manufacturers to increase both velocity and employee happiness, during a State of National Emergency due to the global pandemic.
read moreTeam Structuring in a Distributed Large Enterprise – Dr. Ernesto Custodio
How can teams distributed around the globe possibly get it all together? Destroying silos and implementing Scrum@Scale Agile practices is how. Read/Watch “Team Structuring in a Distributed Large Enterprise” to learn how they decreased time to market and defects, reduced the backlog by 90%, and saw a three-fold increase in productivity.
read moreGiving Legal a Leg Up! – Andrew Robbins
Learn how Senior Agile Consultant Andrew Robbins led a transformation within the legal branch of a Fortune 500 company, by blending Agile and Lean techniques with Scrum Values. The organization not only changed its business culture, but also increased its efficiency and exponentially decreased decision latency and costs to the company.
read moreTransforming Our Future: Empowering Tomorrow’s Workforce Today! – Dr. Mark Buckner
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Dr. Mark Buckner empowers youth for real-world challenges, time constraints, and success by applying Scrum@Scale Agile practices to Robotics competition teams.
read moreProviding Service Members with Capability Faster – Denise Jarvie
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Denise Jarvie successfully guided a DoD contractor to improve their agility and velocity in the critical area of weapons system development, while still complying with government requirements and regulations.
read moreScrum@Scale: On Track for Success with Jessica Crowley
In "On Track for Success", learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Jessica Crowley supported the transformation efforts of a traditionally successful Rail Industry company, from one surviving on legacy products and struggling with innovation, into an Agile powerhouse, able to adapt and get projects done.
read moreThe App That Scrum@Scale Built – Andrew Lin
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Andrew Lin led Biji, one of the biggest sports portal websites in Taiwan, to build a newly envisioned App for Cartoon Network Taiwan…but with the caveat that the development firm use the Scrum@Scale framework. Biji was new to Apps and unfamiliar with Scrum, but Andrew Lin stepped in and the development team stepped up to make it happen.
read moreNo More Hippos! Collaborative Prioritization with Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Bob Willis
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Bob Willis guided a data service government department to create a prioritized common backlog and shift focus from projects to products. Time to market, Net Promoter Score (NPS), quality and team health all improved, while still meeting the compliance requirements of the government.
read moreScrum@Scale: A Progressive Transformation with McCaul Baggett
In this Scrum@Scale case study, learn how Registered Scrum Fellow McCaul Baggett helped a large global manufacturing company advance its large-scale transition to Agile and achieve a 200% increase in throughput, with Scrum@Scale.
read moreChanging Culture in Government: Grassroots to Leadership with Che Ho
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Che-Chuen Ho led a Government IT department to implement Scrum@Scale practices to improve stakeholder involvement, increase focus and speed to delivery. Despite previous failed attempts at implementation, Che-Chuen Ho overcame a lack of trust in the process and led the team to a 540% increase in throughput.
read moreMinimal Viable Scaling with Scrum with Tom Wessel
Learn how Registered Scrum and Scrum@Scale Trainer Tom Wessel stepped in to assist a healthcare company with the implementation of its clinical trial management platform.
read moreEntirely New Solutions to Entirely New Challenges with Gabe Jank
In this Scrum@Scale case study, learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Gabe Jank led a Fortune 500 manufacturer of farm, construction and forestry machinery to react quickly and effectively to the myriad of new challenges presented to the industry during the global pandemic.
read moreDriving Development: New Demands In A Constantly Changing Environment with Martin Berendt
Learn how Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer Martin Berendt led this automotive software company to become faster, more transparent, and increase employee expertise as they self-organized into teams.
read moreRaysdom Consulting: Breaking Down the Walls (and Waterfalls) with Scrum@Scale
In this Scrum@Scale case study, Lei (Lisa) Wang, Agile Education’s first Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer™ in mainland China, details how she led Bejing Raysdom Consulting to Agility. The result? Increased speed to market, improved employee morale, and more value delivered to customers.
read moreIn Financial Services, Prioritization is the Path to Increased Productivity and Profit with Ana Paiz
Learn how Registered Scrum Trainer Ana Paiz helped revitalize one of Guatemala's largest financial services companies by using the Scrum@Scale framework to prioritize projects and align the company’s resources with their vision and goals.
read moreProtel & Protein, From Mechanical to True Scrum with Suha Selςuk
Learn how Scrum@Scale Trainer Suha Selςuk transformed restaurant and hotel software design and service companies in Turkey. While they held the majority market share, change was imperative as they began losing their lead due to inability to quickly and effectively respond to customer needs.
read moreDell Technologies Data Protection and Management: Scrum at Scale Transformation with Gary Dismukes
Learn how Gary Dismukes led Dell’s Data Protection Group of 600 people from a Waterfall development process to Scrum, allowing Dell to rapidly respond as their market changed.
read moreLuiz Quintela: On Nationwide’s Side with Scrum
Learn how ScrumScale Trainer Luiz "Q" Quintela helped transform Nationwide, one of the United State's largest insurance and financial services companies. Using key elements of the ScrumScale framework, Luiz and his team were able to ensure Nationwide's future as a contender in a highly competitive market.
read moreEnthusiasm vs Readiness: Sustainable Pace for Organizational Change
Scrum@Scale Trainer Alex Sheive implements key elements of the Scrum@Scale framework at a growing financial services company.
read moreThoralf Klatt: Transforming Into a One-Team Culture
Learn how Thoralf Klatt and his team transformed a waterfall company by applying Scrum@Scale in Cloud-based intelligent telecommunications services with high availability & stress resilience.
read moreMirko Kleiner: How to Kickstart a Self-Learning Organization in 3 days
Learn how sustainable alignment was established via agile portfolio management and iterative big room planning events
read moreCreating Leadership Buy-in while Scaling Scrum in Banking with Hugo Lourenco
Learn how buy-in from the leadership came from forcing them to discover their own company’s “why”
read moreScaling Scrum Inside Insure-Tech
The company’s 7-9 engineering teams were faced with the task of realizing value, getting pressure from the private equity firm who acquired them. Challenge accepted.
read moreAgile Regulation and the Importance of Symbolic Leadership with Ian Spence
How does a Scrum@Scale Trainer implement Scrum and a scaling Scrum framework in a company that “doesn’t do projects”? Learn more.
read moreAgile Transformation at Farm Credit Canada with Klaus Bucka-Lassen
Learn how the FCC learned that leading by example leads to success.
read moreScrum@Scale at Bosch: Embracing Agility
Learn how this multinational conglomerate transformed from the top down to become an agile enterprise.
read moreScaling Scrum Inside Insure-Tech
The story of how Scrum@Scale changed an international conglomerate into an agile, market-responsive company from the top down.
read moreB2B Financial Services: Applying Scrum@Scale to overcome compliance hurdles while delighting customers
Learn how this small financial services company overcame regulatory hurdles and delivered in half the time.
read moreDrummond: A New Approach for Gas Exploration
Learn how Drummond used Scrum@Scale to radically improve their supply chain and drilling operation.
read moreSystematic: From Good to Great
The “Ready” pattern brought this Scrum@Scale software company to a higher level of performance.
read moreToyota Motors North America: Bringing Agility to a Deep Hierarchy
Learn how Toyota brought Agility to a deep hierarchy.
read more“Nail It Before You Scale It”: Set Up a Solid Reference Model
See how this data storage organization improved their product’s release cycle sixfold.
read more“Waterfall-ish” to Scrum@Scale
This Travel organization went from 49 separate projects to a single backlog and shared vision with Scrum@Scale.
read moreBig 4 Accounting Firm: Auditing Platform with Scrum@Scale
Learn how this Big 4 Accounting Firm used Scrum@Scale to coordinate distributed teams and develop an auditing platform.
read moreSpotify: A Scrum@Scale Case Study
Discover how key patterns of the Scrum@Scale Framework helped disrupt the music-streaming industry.
read moreAir Transport Communication: Improving Quality and Throughput
Learn how this large Air Transportation company doubled productivity using Scrum@Scale.
read moreBAC Credomatic: Breaking Down Silos
Learn how a multinational banking corporation transformed their siloed IT department with award winning results.
read moreGlobal Financial Services: Smaller Teams, Faster Delivery
Learn how a global Financial Services company used Scrum@Scale to refactor their teams and improve delivery speed.
read moreHarman International: Increasing Value Delivered
The story of how Scrum@Scale changed an international conglomerate into an agile, market-responsive company from the top down.
read moreManufacturing Organization: From Silos & Wasted Effort to Centers of Excellence
Learn how this transformation reduced waste by 90% and turned siloed groups into centers of excellence.
read moreImplementing an EAT in the Skills Placement Industry
Learn how a proactive EAT is critical to lasting organizational change.
read moreScrum@Scale in Smart Homes
Learn how a European IOT company used Scrum@Scale to manage complex Software and Hardware dependencies.
read moreHabbo World: Virtual Reality Meets Scrum
Learn how productivity and quality improved when executives transformed from managers into leaders.
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