Scrum Team

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The Scrum Team is comprised of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master. Each role has unique responsibilities and they all work together to develop, deliver and sustain a product. In Scrum, teams are self-organizing, meaning they decide themselves how to best achieve their tasks, rather than being directed by others outside the team.

Guide: Scrum Team Concept in Project Management

What is a Scrum Team?
A Scrum team is a self-organizing team that operates under the Scrum framework in a project. The team typically consists of a Product Owner, a Scrum Master and the Development Team.

Why is a Scrum team important?
A Scrum team is important because it promotes self-organization, flexibility, and productivity. It ensures every member is accountable and aims to deliver a potentially shippable increment at the end of each sprint.

How does a Scrum Team work?
A Scrum Team works by adhering to the principles and ceremonies of Scrum such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective. The Product Owner prioritises the backlog and the Scrum Master facilitates the collaboration.

Exam Tips: Answering Questions on Scrum Team
1. Understand the roles: Understand the roles in a Scrum team and their responsibilities.
2. Scrum Ceremonies: Have a clear understanding of the principles and ceremonies of Scrum.
3. Use Scrum Terminology: Always use the correct Scrum terminology when answering questions about the Scrum team.
4. Real-world Scenarios: Use real-world scenarios for clarifying concepts in answers.
5. Understand the Iterations: Understand the importance of iterations and incremental delivery in Scrum.
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PSM I - Scrum Team Example Questions

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Question 1

A disagreement arises in the team regarding technical direction. Who should resolve this problem?

Correct Answer: The team will have to work it out together.

In Scrum, the team is self-organizing and they are expected to resolve any disagreement regarding technical directions among themselves. This promotes self-organization, one of the pillars of Scrum, and helps the team learn and grow. Therefore, 'The team will have to work it out together.' is the best answer. 'The Scrum Master will have to decide.' is not the best answer because the role of the Scrum Master is not to make decisions for the team, but to facilitate and help the team to make their own decisions. Neither 'The Product Owner will have to decide.' nor 'The individual who has been there longest will decide.' are the best answers because they both go against the principle of the team being self-organizing and making their own decisions.

Question 2

A Scrum development team finds a loophole that saves time in the short term but will establish practices that diverge from Scrum. How should the Scrum Master respond?

Correct Answer: Educate them about the importance of adhering to Scrum principles, highlighting the value of sustainable practices over short-term solutions.

The correct approach is to emphasize the importance of Scrum principles and the dangers of deviating from established practices for short-term gains. Encouraging the documentation of the loophole as an improvement or conducting a risk analysis distracts from the core issue of adhering to Scrum. Similarly, suggesting that the team presents the loophole at the Sprint Review for feedback could inadvertently validate the practice before its implications are fully understood.

Question 3

The Product Owner wants to change the priority of some items in the Product Backlog, but the Sprint has already started. What should be the Scrum Master's response?

Correct Answer: Advise the Product Owner that changes can be made to the Product Backlog at any time, but changes to the Sprint Backlog can only happen during Sprint Planning or if the Development Team agrees to the changes.

The Product Backlog is a dynamic document that the Product Owner can change at any time. However, once the Sprint starts, the Sprint Backlog becomes fixed, and any changes to it need to be carefully negotiated with, and often require the consent of, the Development Team. This does not necessarily halt the current Sprint. Wrong answers propose actions that either misunderstand the flexibility of the Product Backlog, overstate the impact of changes to it on the current Sprint, or suggest inappropriate responses to backlog changes.

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