Let's face it: Empowering self-directing teams means that this power has to come from somewhere, i.e

Top management and finance should find new ways to guide the teams. They should move away from decisions on output and specific products. Instead, they should set objectives and trust the teams to make the right decisions to achieve these objectives. Without this leeway, teams will not benefit from Scrum.

Do you wish to adopt Scrum in your large organisation? The odds aren’t in your favour

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Willem-Jan Ageling

Dec 12, 2021

Let's face it: Empowering self-directing teams means that this power has to come from somewhere, i.e. from someone.

If leaders are not willing to give up some of their decision making power they better stay away from letting their teams getting too far into adopting Scrum.