Title :
Scrum at a Fortune 500 Manufacturing Company
Author :
Moore, Richard ; Reff, Kelly ; Graham, James ; Hackerson, Brian
Author_Institution :
3M Co., St. Paul
Abstract :
In a mature fortune 500 manufacturing company, such as 3M Company, many processes and procedures for developing products have been put in place over the years. Many of these tools and procedures are very formal with a focus on developing and releasing products that are to be mass manufactured worldwide by the thousands. Software development at 3M has traditionally been force fit into these processes with less than optimal success. This paper outlines our experience in introducing the Scrum technique of agile software development into such a formalized environment.
Keywords :
DP industry; product development; software engineering; 3M Company; Scrum technique; agile software development; Application software; Books; Embedded software; Environmental management; Hardware; Manufacturing processes; Programming; Software libraries; Software systems; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Agile Conference (AGILE), 2007
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2872-4
DOI :
10.1109/AGILE.2007.53
