Big companies using Scrum?

Question

Does anyone know, which big companies are using Scrum? And how broadly have they adopted it? Just for development?

Answer 1

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/

Answer 2

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..

Answer 3

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