Demo is an integral and important part of Scrum ceremonies. Important because that’s the whole point of being Agile. You get early feedback from Product Owner and stakeholders and fine-tune the product if required. Also this is sometimes the only occasion for offshore team when sponsors and business actually get to see the real contribution of offshore team. There are valid reasons also when someone from onsite team gives the demo. They include:
- Language problem. I worked with a French team in which stakeholders and business were more at ease to talk in French.
- Completely opposite time-zones which may not allow a lot of collaboration.
The advantages of distributed demo far outweighs the ones of onsite demo.
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