Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo!
November 23, 2007 by Karl Scotland
I co-presented an experience report at the Fall Scrum Gathering recently. The presentation describes how Yahoo! International, and in particular, the Yahoo! Europe, has moved from having a very waterfall inspired process framework to having one which is very lightweight and flexible, and thus compatible with Agile methodologies. This was achieved through Agile teams collaborating with the Process Group in its own iterative inspect and adapt cycle. The Process Group has evolved from being a control-oriented team, with a process-centric framework, to being a coaching-oriented team, with an organisational-centric framework. Thus, rather than telling teams how to run their projects, they help teams ensure their peojects are meeting business needs using appropriate practices.
