Sprint Review

Correct Answer: The ScrumMaster should support the team's decision to not release the increment due to technical issues, ensuring the issues are properly documented and prioritized in the Product Backlog.

The role of the ScrumMaster is to support the Scrum Team's decisions and facilitate continuous improvement. While it's crucial to address the technical issues that prevented the release, the ScrumMaster should ensure these are documented and prioritized in the Product Backlog. Organizing additional meetings or consultations are beneficial actions but do not directly answer what the ScrumMaster should do next regarding the team's decision not to release the increment.

Correct Answer: The ScrumMaster should work with the Product Owner to evaluate how the requested changes might align with the overall Product Goal and plan them for future Sprints if appropriate.

The ScrumMaster facilitates alignment between the team, Product Owner, and stakeholders. Changes requested by stakeholders that deviate from the Product Goal should be evaluated by the Product Owner, possibly in consultation with the ScrumMaster, to assess their impact and prioritize them for future work without disrupting the current Sprint. It's essential to maintain the integrity of the current Sprint commitments while being open to adapting the Product Backlog for the future, ensuring the product offers value to the users and the organization.

Correct Answer: The ScrumMaster should remind everyone that new features should go into the Product Backlog for future consideration.

In the Scrum framework, the primary role of the ScrumMaster is to help everyone understand and enact Scrum's principles and values. Therefore, when encountering such a situation, the ScrumMaster should guide the team to follow Scrum principles, which indicate that the only time the Product Backlog can be updated with new items is during the Product Backlog refinement session, not during the Sprint Review. Therefore, the ScrumMaster should remind the Product Owner to add the new items to the Product Backlog for consideration in future Sprints. As for the other answers, they are all incorrect because they all contradict the Scrum Guide. According to the Scrum Guide, Developers should not be asked to add new features beyond their capacity. It does not help to tell the Product Owner that their request is inappropriate without giving them a practical alternative like returning to the Product Backlog. Finally, it would be harmful to ignore the Developers' concerns and always siding with the Product Owner can lead to a toxic work environment.