Last Updated on 03/27/2022 by John Vins More and more organizations are running projects with globally distributed teams, despite the common wisdom that Scrum works best with co-located personnel. Given that decision, what are the keys to success? What are the pitfalls to avoid? This talk is based on real life experience. The first project was a successful one year Scrum-based effort with four US locations and one India-based team. The second case – a multi-year co-development project with teams in the US and India – failed. The lessons learned align very well with the Agile Manifesto. About the . . .