challenges on adopting scrum for home office environments

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ChallengesonAdop'ngScrumforDistributedTeamsinHomeOffice

Environment

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Twotendencies:Scrumandworkinhomeoffice

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Distributedworkenvironmentsarecharacterizedbythelackof

proximitybetweenco‐workers.

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Peoplesharingthesameenvironmenttendtohavesimilar

behavior

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Whiledifferentplacesdrivepeopletodifferentbehaviors

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Interac've,face‐to‐facecommunica'onisthecheapestand

fastestchannelforexchanginginforma'on

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HomeOfficeisDistributedWork

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InHomeOfficethegroupiscompletelyindividuallydistributed

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Intheso/waredevelopmentfield,HomeOfficeenvironmentsbecamepopularwiththegrowthofOpen

Sourcecommuni'es

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ScrumFrameworkiscomposedbyasimplesetofprac'cesandrulesbasedontheAgileManifesto

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TheheartbeatofScrumistheSprint

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ThereareinScrumonlythreeroles:ProductOwner,ScrumMasterand

TeamMember.

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TheProductOwneristhepersonresponsibleforthesuccessofthe

product

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TheScrumMasterisresponsiblefortheScrumprocess

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TeamMembersareresponsiblefordevelopingtheproject

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TherearealsoinScrumthreear'facts:ProductBacklog,

BurndownChartandSprintBacklog

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TheProductBacklogisapriori'zedlistofrequirements,featuresandfunc'onali'esoftheprojector

product

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TheSprintBacklogisasubsetoffunc'onali'esfromProductBacklog

chosenbytheteam

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TheBurndownChartisabouttransparencyandvisibility

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TheScrumdefinesalsothreeceremonies:SprintPlanning

mee'ng,DailyScrummee'ngandSprintReviewmee'ng

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ProductOwnerRoleChallenge:

ItliesintransferringProductOwner’svisionoftheprojectto

TeamMembers

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ShareScrumVisualElementsChallenge:

DifficultytosharethosebetweendistributedTeamMembers

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Scrummee'ngsChallenge:

Howtokeepa]en'onofsomanypeopleduringsomanyhoursacrossdifferentplacesandevenpossibilitydifferent'mezoneswithoutface‐to‐

face?

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Informa'onshareChallenge:

Howtotransfercomplexinforma'onbetweenTeam

Memberswhentheydonothaveopportunitytocreateandmaintainstrongrela'onshipsamongeach

other?

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