Scrum: How long should your Sprint be? Single vs Multi Scrum Teams

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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?

Do you have a decent Definition of Done (DoD)?

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John Coleman executive guide, product leader
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