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Scrum: How long should your Sprint be? Single vs Multi Scrum Teams
Did you ever notice that a lot of scrum teams are having two-week sprints? Is that the right thing to do?
A lot of people say we need to be consistent, we need to have the same sprint length so that we’re all on the same rhythm, etc.
I think there is a fundamental problem with that.
Why would you have every team having the same sprint? There might be some situations where that would be valid. The first thing I would say is, let’s just start with a single Scrum team.
A single Scrum team working on a product because Scrum is for product development, not so much for project management. This team is delivering a product.
How long should their sprint be?
Single Scrum Teams
I wouldn’t be going for the most popular sprint length. I would be asking a few questions, most importantly, how long does it take you to deliver a done increment?
How long does it take you to deliver a done increment?
