Team Alignment

Correct Answer: Arrange a meeting to discuss the team's working processes and ensure the new member aligns with them.

In an Agile framework, team collaboration and communication are crucial for the successful delivery of the project. If a new team member is not fitting into the working process, it's best to arrange a meeting and discuss the team's workflow to ensure they understand and align with it. This is more efficient and involves the entire team, rather than hoping the new member learns the process on their own or assigning them only simple tasks, which could slow down the progress. Additionally, changing the entire team's working processes to match one person's style might cause disruption and conflict within the team. Hence, a collective approach to bringing the new member up to speed is a more Agile-oriented solution.

Correct Answer: Promote self-organization and cross-functional skill development within the team.

The Agile framework emphasizes on self-organizing teams that can adapt to changing requirements and solve problems collectively, hence 'Promote self-organization and cross-functional skill development within the team' is the best action to take. This strategy allows team members to collaboratively manage work, enhancing team alignment and effectivenessThe option 'Assign each team member to individual tasks based on their skill sets' may not enhance the team alignment because Agile promotes shared responsibilities and team collaboration instead of individual work. 'Take complete control of project decision making' contradicts Agile principles, which encourage team involvement in decision-making processes. Lastly, 'Eliminate daily scrums to allow more time for tasks' is not an effective solution because daily scrums are vital for aligning team efforts and fostering communication. By forgoing these meetings, the team might lose track of project progress and issues might not be addressed promptly.

Correct Answer: Facilitate a team meeting, allowing each member to voice their perspective, after which the Product Owner would clarify the priorities.

In Agile teams, the Scrum Master's role is to facilitate communication and clarification of tasks, rather than to make decisions. Thus, it would not be appropriate for the Scrum Master to make the decision on their own (which eliminates the first answer). Similarly, discussing the situation with each team member separately (which is the method suggested in the third answer) may lead to miscommunication and does not foster a culture of transparency which is very important in Agile methodology. On the other hand, asking the team to vote on the priorities (fourth answer) is not the right method because it is the Product Owner's responsibility to clarify the priorities, not the team's decision. The second answer is the most appropriate response, as it includes a team meeting (which fosters transparency) and relies on the Product Owner to clarify the priorities (which is part of their role).