Transitioning to Agile: Changing Processes in the Pandemic

A large-scale effort project with multiple teams decided to establish a transition in their development process from the traditional waterfall methodology towards agile development. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As with any transition, there were stepping-stones and falling points. However, doing so in the midst of a global pandemic certainly did not make it any easier! The program initially was one large organization with a single work area. It since has been transformed into three different work areas within a division, experimented with a number of different processes and tools, and worked on communication gaps together. This session will talk to three different viewpoints of the transition: leadership in a scaled agile framework, the chief scrum master of the organization, and the development team. We will talk about lessons learned through our journey, what we are working towards now, and what things we want to achieve in the future of the program.