This is a question you should be familiar with.
It is possible to forecast the delivery date for a Scrum project?

The simplest answer is that Scrum projects do not really have a final delivery date....

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One way to define a delivery date is to calculate the sprints needed to complete all the planned work.
However, this will only include the work we know about at this point of the project.
This because Scrum is an empirical method.

When running a project budget, product outcome and project time frame are all relevant.
Inside the Scrum Framework the main focus is on delivering a complete product or functionality optimizing budget and resources.
This is also one of the reasons Scrum is often used in complex projects where the outcome is uncertain.

Can you inplement Scrum with remote teams?

Strictly speaking, it is not possible to implement Scrum having remote teams.

A solution to this problem may be found using specific tools that make the team location irrelevant.
Like Doable360.

It is really important to reduce your sprint timebox?

The duration of your sprint timebox should fit the specific needs of your organization.

A minimum sprint timebox extension should be the one that allows you to deliver a single completed increment of a product or functionality.
In an Agile software development organization a resonable sprint timebox should be one or two weeks.

Sprint timebox duration is directly influenced by the way the stories are broken down in the backlog and during the planning.

During the sprint planning the scrum team has to assign points to each of the stories the Product Owner has ready to push to the current sprint.

A Scrum Point represents the minimal dimension of a broken down story.
In other words, the amount of team capacity required to perform the simplest product increment.

There are many different ways to assign points to stories during the sprint planning session.
Scrum360 provides you with the most advanced solution to manage this process.

There is no Sprint 0 in Scrum.

Sprint 0 is wrongly used sometime to name the starting sprint in a Scrum implementation.
Scrum is an empirical method, the optimization of it's processess and the definition and review of timeboxes and teams capacity are part of a Scrum sprint.

The "Definition of Ready" is not a mandatory element in Scrum.

However, It is normal usage to name Ready the User Stories the Product Owner has developed to the level needed to be inserted in a Sprint.
Therefore for standardization pourpose it might come handy to have a formalized "Definition of ready", expecially when scaling Scrum.
Some of the elements to be taken in consideration in creating a "Definition of Ready" are the story dependences, breakdown level, value and priority.

The "Definition of Done" clarifies the requirements a Story must meet to be completed at the end of a Sprint.

This document is created with the contribution of all the Scrum Team.
It can be divided into sections to identify different activities, like Code Testing, Process Testing, Code Checkout for a software development project.

It is good practice to have a single/common definition of done for all the Scrum Teams in a project.

Scrum can be used to produce or improve any products or services.

It is recommended for complex operations where the final outcome is uncertain, or where key information and knowledge can be acquired only trought experience.

The Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the Teams are not Stakeholders in Scrum.

Stakeholders in Scrum are the ones that have influence on the Backlog or partecipate at the sprint review.

The main difference in the Scrum approach is that you draw the path to your goals continuously.
While in the classic approach you would try to figure it out in advance and try to stick to it.

Scrum increases your chances to succeed.

For the one that are new to Scrum, we have developed a best in class process to assist your organization in getting the best out of it.

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