Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe
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 they are meeting business needs.
This is a powerpoint based presentation which has been given recently at both the London ScrumGathering and XPDay 2007. The organisation and cultural context is described, followed by a description of the various stages of the journey with examples finishing with the current situation and next steps.