A Framework for Speeding Up Interactions Between Agile Teams and Other Parts of the Organization

A known problem in large software companies is to balance the return on investment coming from short-term and long-term business goals dependent on the responsiveness of the companies. In the previous chapter we have found challenges in interactions between the Agile team and other parts of the organization. We have conducted an investigation on three large product line companies employing Agile software development in order to find practices that would mitigate the challenges.