By Feyza O’Connell
In today’s work environments, research proves that distributed Scrum teams can achieve the same quality results as collocated teams, but relationships, communication and culture play important roles in the latter.
About Scrum
Since its inception in 1993, Scrum has become a more and more popular software development framework among organizations. In fact, a Forrester research study, conducted in the fourth quarter of 2008 discovered that more than half of the 2,227 surveyed software organizations take advantage of some form of agile methodology. Additionally, of all the agile methods that are being utilized, Scrum is by far the most popular model.
Scrum is based on effective, small teams working in an interdependent manner to achieve specific yet flexible agendas. As decisions are based on real-time information, the teams must be self sufficient, have carefully defined responsibilities, and exhibit excellent communication skills.
Why Are More Organizations Embracing Scrum?
More companies are embracing Scrum as this framework can, quite simply, create excellent quality products in less time than other more traditional methodologies. In other words, Scrum can save companies both time and money.
