Integrating Scrum with the Process Framework at Yahoo

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

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

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

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 -4 -

Process Groups @ Yahoo! Intl From To -5 -

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 -6 -

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 -7 -

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

Full Waterfall ) Q 6 20 DP P EE Y -9 - (. 0 1

Still Waterfall … But Simpler EDP 4 EU 1. 0 (Q 4 06) - 10 -

Scrumerfall? U E P 4 rum Sc - 11 - ED & 07) 1 (Q

A More Open Framework (Q 1 07) EDP 07) 1 KOC AC PM EPM SPM ARCH DEV SPM P AC ntl ED I ARCH DEV SPM Q. 1 ( 3 RC PM EPM SPM - 12 -

An Agile Implementation of the Framework in Europe EU ile Ag P 3 D 7) 40 (Q E - 13 -

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

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

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

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