Commitment

Correct Answer: Organize a workshop on the benefits and mechanics of pair programming, showcasing its role in fostering collaboration and improving quality.

The correct answer emphasizes the Scrum Master's role in promoting Scrum values like Courage and Openness through educational and collaborative approaches like workshops on pair programming. This contrasts with the wrong answers that suggest alternatives to pair programming, which may undermine Scrum values of Collaboration and Respect by focusing on individual work or extensive code reviews. The skills development program, while valuable, shifts focus away from the collaborative benefits of pair programming.

Correct Answer: Encourage self-assessment and reflection within the team member to better understand their capability and adjust future commitments accordingly.

In Scrum, fostering self-awareness and encouraging team members to self-manage and make adjustments based on their performance is key. Encouraging self-assessment helps the individual to better gauge their capabilities and adjust their commitments, aligning with the Scrum value of commitment and the principles of empirical process control. The wrong answers, while related and possibly helpful in some contexts, do not directly address the issue of helping the individual team member adjust their own commitment levels based on a better understanding of their capabilities and the work at hand.

Correct Answer: Guide the team to reflect on their estimation approach and adapt it for future sprints based on this learning.

The best approach for the Scrum Master is to guide the team to reflect on their estimation approach and adapt it for future sprints based on this learning. In a Sprint Retrospective, the focus should be on continuous improvement and learning from past experiences. By encouraging the team to analyze their estimation process and identify areas for improvement, they can make more accurate commitments in future sprints. Extending the sprint duration or carrying unfinished work to the next sprint goes against the principles of Scrum, which emphasize delivering a potentially releasable increment within a fixed time-box. Committing to fewer items in the next sprint without addressing the underlying estimation issues may lead to a pattern of under-commitment and reduced value delivery. Through reflection and adaptation, the team can enhance their estimation skills, leading to more realistic commitments and improved performance in subsequent sprints.