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Scrum Originally for Co-located Teams

publish date: 2026/06/04 11:34:11.246425 UTC

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Scrum, as originally designed, was intended for use with co-located teams where all members could get together every day in stand-up meetings. What challenge has emerged as software development has evolved?

Co-located teams have become too large for Scrum's original stand-up meeting format

Scrum's original design is now considered legally incompatible with remote work regulations in most countries

Much software development now involves distributed teams with team members in different places around the world — consequently there are various experiments to develop Scrum for distributed development environments

Stand-up meetings have been proven ineffective and are being replaced with written status reports in all Scrum teams

Correct Answer

Explanation

Scrum was originally designed for co-located teams where all members could get together every day in stand-up meetings. However, much software development now involves distributed teams with team members located in different places around the world. Consequently, there are various experiments going on to develop Scrum for distributed development environments.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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