So after yesterday's old news, here is some new news.

I am leaving Microsoft and my job as the architect for the MSF methodology. I am taking up a new position as the Senior Director for Software Engineering at Corbis. The company is owned by Bill Gates. So I might be changing employers but my ultimate boss remains the same.

In any career move, like this one, the decision is always complicated. People might want to jump to conclusions. There have been lots of people leaving Microsoft recently. However, whatever people may conclude, I loved working for Microsoft and I thought I had a really cool job. Working on MSF as part of Patterns and Practices and Visual Studio Team Architect was a great place to be. The team is changing the way we engineer software and manage software projects. It's been a privilege to work with each and every one of them and I wish them all well. I have made many friends at Microsoft.

However, when I took the job I told Sam Guckenheimer that I could only do it for two years. After that I needed to get back to managing a team and leading people doing real work. If I stayed too long in the MSF ivory tower I'd lose my credibility to talk about management and agility and software engineering. So when the chance came up to go to Corbis and get back to leading a team I jumped at it.

Just as I have sad feelings about leaving Microsoft and an unfinished job with MSF, I am equally excited about the opportunities and challenges at Corbis. So stay tuned to Agile Management blog. I'm not going away. Instead I'm going to show how to scale agile and achieve enterprise-wide results.

[Oh and I won't mind the easier commute from Ballard to downtown Seattle - giving me back about 60 minutes of every day.] Technorati tag: Agile, David+Anderson, MSF, Microsoft