Does anyone know, which big companies are using Scrum? And how broadly have they adopted it? Just for development?
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[Question] Big companies using Scrum?
Does anyone know, which big companies are using Scrum? And how broadly have they adopted it? Just for development?
Find the answers below in the Comments
Agile Web Operations 
Amazon is heavily using Scrum in almost every layer of their business. A good friend of mine was employed there last year and I even found this blog post describing how they’ve done it (since 2004) : http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/07/20/scrum-at-amazon-guest-post-by-alan-atlas/
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I have been practicing SCRUM for about 5 years now at Siemens Healthcare. Started as a developer and now a practicing Scrum Master.
We have had some amazing consultants help us get going such as the Object Mentors and Thoughtworkers (I have personally paired with what I consider Agile celebrities!!). It has been a blast but also a challenge as you can imagine.
I have been working on one of our younger products and SCRUM mixed with Agile methodologies such as TDD and automated testing in general has definitely made a difference in regards to our quality. We have been able to focus more and more on new development and less on defect resolution..
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Microsoft
– http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robcaron/archive/2005/04/01/404782.aspx
– http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Lauds-Scrum-Method-for-Software-Projects/
Yahoo
– http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com/blog/artem/lessons-yahoos-scrum-adoption
– http://askville.amazon.com/Lessons-Yahoo-'s-Scrum-Adoption/AnswerDetails.do?requestId=27229743&responseId=68634213
Salesforce.com
– http://www.slideshare.net/sgreene/salesforcecom-agile-transformation-agile-2007-conference
-http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF09/pdfs/BKSP001_Greene.pdf
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I am working one on of the European offices for Rockwell Collins.
Throughout RC there are software teams using Scrum, and even other non-software teams introducing scrum elements. And the company as whole is using, andintroducing Lean engineering – although it it of course an ongoing process and cannot be said to ever be “finished”.
Scrum fits very well into Lean Electronics (as it is called here), and we are now moving on with Kanban elements, proof of the Kaizen concept 🙂
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We use Scrum at Intel. Also have seen it used at Epiq Systems and Veterans Health Administration Informaticist group in Portland Oregon
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We apply the method at E.ON in our new solutions development. It’s great!
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Scrum is also used in social games development. I’ve recently read about the case study of Wooga, although they decided to combine Scrum with Kanban in the end. (Article: http://kanbantool.com/kanban-library/case-studies/scrum-and-kanban-for-social-games)
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