So people used to go on about how agile doesn’t scale. Well our work at the Guardian (http://www.indigoblue.co.uk/documents/pr_guardian_unlimited.pdf) certainly proves that agile scales just fine and then some thanks very much!
Scrum introduced the concept of “Scrum of Scrums” as a way to keep teams working together on an overall project in sync.
I’ve come across quite a few companies recently that use this meeting as a project management meeting update and progress review rather than the opportunity for members from different teams to sit down an resolve integration issues between the various parts of a project.
If you find yourself reviewing burndowns, plans or progress in your Scrum of Scrums treat it as a project management smell and ask yourself if the meeting is still being held for the right reasons.