Engineering management

Software engineering

Engineering

Agile software development

Scrum

Nexus (standard)

Embedded system

Software development process

Process management

Programming language

Geography

Software

Scale (ratio)

Agile usability engineering

Computer science

Software development

Knowledge management

Cartography

Agile Unified Process

IEEE Software

On the basis of 13 agile transformation cases over 15 years, we identify nine challenges associated with implementing Scaled Agile Framework, Scrum at Scale, Spotify, Large-Scale Scrum, Nexus, and other mixed or customized large-scale agile frameworks. These challenges should be considered by organizations aspiring to pursue a large-scale agile strategy. We also provide recommendations for practitioners and agile researchers.

Implementing Large-Scale Agile Frameworks: Challenges and Recommendations