Lessons from a Yahoo Scrum Rollout

Scrum is a part of Agile development. Looks like if Microsoft does buy Yahoo! they will also benefit from this practice.

Here's the skinny:

Lessons from a Yahoo Scrum Rollout: "The easiest way to describe it is that [software is developed in] small groups, which means small cycles and incremental [changes], which means that you release pieces of software rather than the typical big bang. Agile is the web describing the commonality between these things, which is very values driven, and Scrum is one of the methods. Scrum is a very lightweight framework in which you can adapt--and it's not just confined to software."

The article is long but very thorough.

5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer

Ya ya so Microsoft wants Yahoo! and Yahoo! doesn't want Microsoft. This will come to pass. Here's a simple slideshow of the pros and cons from eWeek. A bit over simple, but really boils it down.

Here's the Skinny:

5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer: "5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer"

What do you think?