%0 Journal Article %A Marlon Luz and Daniel Gazineu and Mauro TeĆ³filo %D 2009 %J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 35, 2009 %T Challenges on Adopting Scrum for Distributed Teams in Home Office Environments %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4925 %V 35 %X This paper describes the two actual tendencies in the software development process usage: 'Scrum' and 'work in home office'. It-s exposed the four main challenges to adopt Scrum framework for distributed teams in this cited kind of work. The challenges are mainly based on the communication problems due distances since the Scrum encourages the team to work together in the same room, and this is not possible when people work distributed in their homes. %P 2069 - 2072