integrating scrum with the process framework at yahoo! europe
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Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe. Alexandre Boutin Karl Scotland. Agenda. Yahoo! International Process Framework. From Waterfall to Agile: The Journey. EUROPE. Yahoo! Norway Yahoo! Sweden Yahoo! Denmark. ASIA PACIFIC. NORTH AMERICA Yahoo! Canada. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework
at Yahoo! Europe
Alexandre Boutin
Karl Scotland
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Agenda
Yahoo! International
Process Framework
From Waterfall to Agile: The Journey
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EUROPE
NORTH AMERICAYahoo! Canada
YAHOO!U.S.A.
LATIN AMERICAYahoo! MexicoYahoo! Spanish
Yahoo!Spain
Yahoo! GermanyYahoo! FranceYahoo! Italy
Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Yahoo! NorwayYahoo! SwedenYahoo! Denmark
Yahoo! Australia& NZ
Yahoo! Asia
Yahoo! Japan
Yahoo! KoreaYahoo!Chinese
Yahoo! ChinaYahoo! TaiwanYahoo! Hong Kong
Yahoo!Singapore
ASIA PACIFIC
Yahoo! BrazilYahoo! Argentina
Yahoo! India
14 000 Employees
Yahoo! Global Markets
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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
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Process Groups @ Yahoo! Intl
From
To
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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
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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
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Agenda
Yahoo International
Process Framework
From Waterfall to Agile: The Journey
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Full Waterfall
YEEPDP 1.0 (Q2 06)
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Still Waterfall … But Simpler
EDP4EU 1.0 (Q4 06)
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Scrumerfall?
Scrum & EDP4EU (Q1 07)
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A More Open Framework (Q1 07)
EDP
KOC AC RCAC
PMEPMSPM
ARCHDEVSPM
PMEPMSPM
ARCHDEVSPM
Intl EDP 3.1 (Q
1 07)
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An Agile Implementation of the Framework in Europe
EU Agile EDP 3 (Q4 07)
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The Future
• Continue to inspect and adapt
• Explore checklists
– Pros and cons
– Implementations
• Quarterly cycles
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Yahoo! Experience
• PMO coaching rather than control
• Close collaboration between delivery teams and process group
• Inspect and adapt
• Build trust
• Organisational checkpoints
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• Q & A
Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo! Europe
Thank You!