Scrum in Project Management

Correct Answer: Support the team's decision and help with rearranging other organizational meetings to accommodate the change.

The Scrum Master should support the self-organizing nature of the Scrum team, helping them to navigate organizational challenges while respecting their decisions. The wrong answers suggest actions that either undermine the team's autonomy (requesting justification or suggesting they split up) or misinterpret the Scrum Guide's recommendation for keeping the daily scrum within a time-box, rather than rigidly fixed to a certain schedule.

Correct Answer: Re-evaluate the team's understanding of the Sprint Goal during the Sprint Planning.

As a Scrum Master, addressing the issue of consistently missing the Sprint Goal involves facilitating effective Sprint Planning to ensure all team members have a clear understanding and agreement on the goal. This sets the foundation for successful Sprints. Increasing Sprint duration may not address the root cause and could introduce new issues. Assigning tasks contradicts the principle of self-organization critical to Scrum Teams. Adding more daily Scrums with a focus on micromanagement might create unnecessary pressure and undermine team autonomy, hindering rather than helping progress.

Correct Answer: The Scrum Team collaborates on refining the Product Backlog to ensure clarity and value.

Ensuring a quality product increment involves the whole Scrum Team's commitment to continuous improvement and adherence to the Definition of Done. This is achieved through collaboration and refinement of the work to be done, rather than through rigid roles or external validation. The correct answer emphasizes the collaborative nature of Scrum, where quality is everyone's responsibility, and ensuring it begins with clear, valuable backlog items.