Scrum in Complex Systems - Hardware

Learn how John Deere uses Scrum to drive breakthrough innovation and business development. Join Scrum Inc.'s Joe Justice and George Tome, from John Deere's Global Technology Innovation Network, as they talk about scrum in hardware.
Estimated time for this course: 60 minutes
Audience: Intermediate
Suggested Prerequisites: Scrum for Maximum Awesome, Scrum for Hardware
Case Study: Download the Case Study
Upon completion you will:

Learn the metrics that John Deere used to drive an 800% improvement in project delivery speed
Understand how John Deere transformed from traditional project management approach into a team-base agile practice
Learn how John Deere adapted Scrum to a hardware environment
Qualify for Scrum Alliance SEUs and PMI PDUs. See FAQ for detail

Scrum in Complex Systems - Hardware Overview:

John Deere has a track record of over 175 years of product innovation that has helped drive the evolution of modern agriculture. That experience, despite Deere’s enviable success and widespread brand recognition, extracted a price: an organizational that had grown exponentially in both size and complexity. These by-products of nearly two centuries in business had left the company challenged to continue to innovate and deliver on its new ideas.

According to George Tome, head of Deere’s Enterprise Advanced Marketing (EAM) project and program management – an enabler of many of Deere’s recent breakthroughs – a combination of factors arising from the company’s legacy structure were impacting its ability to innovate and to complete projects on ever-shortening schedules.