1 / 17

Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe

Explore the journey of integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe, emphasizing the challenges, strategies, and benefits of adopting Agile methodologies within a global organization. Learn about the implementation process, cultural considerations, and the future outlook for Agile at Yahoo! Europe.

harrisoncharles
Download Presentation

Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe Alexandre Boutin Karl Scotland

  2. Agenda Yahoo! International Process Framework From Waterfall to Agile: The Journey

  3. EUROPE Yahoo! Norway Yahoo! Sweden Yahoo! Denmark ASIA PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA Yahoo! Canada Yahoo! Germany Yahoo! France Yahoo! Italy Yahoo! UK & Ireland YAHOO! U.S.A. Yahoo! Chinese Yahoo! Korea Yahoo! Japan Yahoo! Spain Yahoo! Taiwan Yahoo! China Yahoo! Hong Kong Yahoo! India LATIN AMERICA Yahoo! Mexico Yahoo! Spanish Yahoo! Singapore Yahoo! Asia Yahoo! Brazil Yahoo! Argentina Yahoo! Australia & NZ Yahoo! Global Markets 14 000 Employees

  4. Yahoo! Intl “Forces” – End 2005 • Business proximity • 3 regions (EU, ASIA, EM) • 10 main languages • Standardisation • Roles / Shared services • Accountability • Strategies • For each role • Issues • Reliability of projects • Quality of deliveries

  5. Process Groups @ Yahoo! Intl From To

  6. Process Groups @ Yahoo! Intl • One Global Strategic Group • Common Flexible Framework / Set of Guidelines • Education & Coaching • Agile/Scrum promotion and teaching • One Local Group in each region • Definition of local practices based on cultural habits and organization, in order to facilitate the buy-in by local team • Implementation by education and training • Coaching by participating to projects • Evaluation of local practices, learning and continuous improvement

  7. Challenges to move to Agile • Differences between regions • Cultural specificities • Scrum adoption speed • Business organization • Yahoo! International “Forces” • Geographic distribution • Shared resources • Strategies • Global Product • High dependencies

  8. Agenda Yahoo International Process Framework From Waterfall to Agile: The Journey

  9. Full Waterfall YEEPDP 1.0 (Q2 06)

  10. Still Waterfall … But Simpler EDP4EU 1.0 (Q4 06)

  11. Scrumerfall? Scrum & EDP4EU (Q1 07)

  12. A More Open Framework (Q1 07) EDP KOC PM EPM SPM ARCH DEV SPM AC ARCH DEV SPM AC PM EPM SPM RC Intl EDP 3.1 (Q1 07)

  13. An Agile Implementation of the Framework in Europe EU Agile EDP 3 (Q4 07)

  14. The Future • Continue to inspect and adapt • Explore checklists • Pros and cons • Implementations • Quarterly cycles

  15. Yahoo! Experience • PMO coaching rather than control • Close collaboration between delivery teams and process group • Inspect and adapt • Build trust • Organisational checkpoints

  16. Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe • Q & A

  17. Thank You!

More Related