Like it or loathe it, MSFT has always been a learning corporation. Teams are continually exploring different approaches to software development and trying to fi

Like it or loathe it, MSFT has always been a learning corporation. Teams are continually exploring different approaches to software development and trying to figure out what works best for their team and org. To their credit, they also publish a fair amount of this research and it looks pretty interesting, e.g. Transition from Centralized to Distributed VCS: A Microsoft Case Study on Reasons, Barriers, and Outcomes, via http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/nachin/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/nachin/ Have Agile Techniques been the Silver Bullet for Software Development at Microsoft? via http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/bmurphy/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/bmurphy/ [ $0.02, Scrum or no scrum, for my money having a private office is infinitely better than open plan for getting stuff done. Each to their own, getting harder to find jobs with your own space ]