What is the best suited structure for Development Teams in order to produce integrated Increments?

The correct answer is B. Each Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical. The Scrum Guide states that Development Teams should be cross-functional, meaning each team has all the skills necessary to create a Done Increment without depending on others. (B) Each team developing functionality end-to-end across all technical layers (GUI, backend…

Submitted by neha2k· Apr 18, 2026Developing People and Teams

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AEach Development Team works only one technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database,
BEach Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical

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93% (41)

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The Scrum Guide states that Development Teams should be cross-functional, meaning each team has all the skills necessary to create a Done Increment without depending on others. (B) Each team developing functionality end-to-end across all technical layers (GUI, backend, database, etc.) ensures the team can deliver integrated, shippable Increments every Sprint. (A) Organizing by technical layer (e.g., a 'database team' or 'UI team') creates dependencies between teams, bottlenecks integration, and conflicts with the cross-functional, self-organizing principle of Scrum.

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