ABSTRACT

In the very first chapter of this book, I listed a number of factors that absolutely had to be present in order for an organization’s transition to have any hope of success. Two of those eight factors discussed management support of the agile transition and management’s involvement in the transition. In this chapter, we will discuss the relationship of management to Scrum teams and how managers can truly enable Scrum teams to achieve high performance. However, in order to first discuss management principles in this environment, we need to truly understand the science behind the environment in which agile development thrives.