More than XP. More than one day.

Like many international organisations, Yahoo! has a Process Group, who’s role it is to help manage the huge portfolio of projects. This generally involves prescribing a standard process, which can be challenging for Agile methods that emphasise self-organisation. This presentation describes how Yahoo! have approached that challenge, and what solutions they have come up with.

The talk will describe how the Process Group has implemented its strategy through its own inspect and adapt cycle. This has seen a move from a position of controlling, to one of championing, allowing for local definition, implementation, coaching and evalutaion. Along the way, language has evolved from one of waterfall-based stages and gatess, to one of more Agile-friendly checkpoints.