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Question 36

The director of engineering in your organization always stresses the importance of meeting deadlines in order for the engineering department to be seen as a reliable source for the product management department. The director has calculated that the team's velocity needs to increase an additional 15% to meet the commitment he made to management for the release date of the product.
He asks Steven, the team's Scrum Master, to increase his team's velocity. Which would be the best two responses for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

A.He explains how a team uses the velocity of a Sprint primarily to forecast work for the next Sprint, not to perfectly predict future productivity. He refers the director to the Product Owner for all information concerning the progress of development.

B.He informs the director of organizational impediments he is aware of that prevent the team from being more productive. He suggests collaborating with him on how to remove these impediments.

C.He educates his director how it is part of a team's self-organization to improve velocity. He invites the director to the next Sprint Retrospective to brainstorm on how they can improve.

D.He helps the director understand that it typically takes a few Sprints for a team to gradually increase the velocity up to the level expected. Meanwhile he presents this to the team as a challenge and a company goal, leaving it however up to them to figure out exactly how to achieve this.

E.He tells the director that this is not his responsibility in Scrum. He tells the director to work with the Product Owner to check whether the estimates on the Product Backlog are being respected during implementation.

Question 37

A Developer from the Scrum Team is always missing the Daily Scrum. She feels that if she is doing her job well, it does not matter whether she attends or not. The other Developers on the team have not done anything about it. As the Scrum Master how should you respond to this situation? (Choose the best answer)

A.You do not intervene. The Developers own the Daily Scrum, so they should deal with any issues with attendance.

B.Ask the Developers, what value they get by having the Daily Scrum with all team members present and what might go wrong if all Developers do not attend.

C.Talk to the Developer who is missing the Daily Scrum and ask her to always attend the Daily Scrum.

D.Teach the Developers how to deal with this situation by attending the Daily Scrum yourself.

Correct Answer: B

As the Scrum Master, your role is to serve the Scrum Team by helping them to work effectively and deliver value. You are not responsible for managing the work or assigning tasks to the Developers. You should respect the self-organization and autonomy of the Developers, and support them in finding their own solutions to the problem. You should also facilitate collaboration and communication among the Developers and with other stakeholders.
Some reasons why option B is the correct answer are:
Asking the Developers what value they get by having the Daily Scrum with all team members present and what might go wrong if all Developers do not attend. This action will help the Scrum Team to understand the purpose and benefits of the Daily Scrum, and to identify and address the risks and consequences of missing it. The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary, adjusting the upcoming planned work. The Daily Scrum also provides an opportunity for the Developers to identify and communicate any impediments that are hindering their progress, and request help from the Scrum Master or other team members to resolve them. The Daily Scrum improves communications, identifies impediments, promotes quick decision-making, and consequently eliminates the need for other meetings. The Daily Scrum is not a status meeting, but a way for the Developers to collaborate and self-organize around the most important work for the next 24 hours. If a Developer is missing the Daily Scrum, they may miss important information, feedback, or support from their peers, or they may cause delays, confusion, or conflicts for their team. The Scrum Master should encourage the Developers to share their perspectives and experiences on how the Daily Scrum helps them achieve their Sprint Goal and create a valuable Increment. The Scrum Master should also help the Developers to come up with their own solutions on how to ensure full attendance and participation in the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master should not impose or dictate a solution, but rather coach and guide the Developers to find what works best for them. The Scrum Master should also help the Developers to agree on some ground rules or norms for their Daily Scrum, such as when, where, and how to conduct it, what topics to discuss, and how to handle any issues or conflicts that may arise.

Question 38

A Scrum Master colleague of yours wants some guidance on what to do in the following situation. During the Daily Scrum, one Scrum Team member, who is a key central figure in the organization, drags on and on about things which actually are interesting but not relevant for the Daily Scrum, day after day. What are two suggestions you would offer to your colleague?
(choose the best two answers)

A.You suggest taking the person aside and asking them what they believe the key outcomes are for the Daily Scrum. Effectively coaching them to help create focus during the Daily Scrum.

B.You contact the team member's Line Manager and raise this as an impediment to the Manager, and ask that they resolve this matter.

C.You suggest using a timer, to limit the time each person can speak at the Daily Scrum.

D.You suggest passing a token around. The person holding the token has the floor to speak for an allotted amount of time.

E.You suggest coaching the Developers to help them find a way to solve the problem, and own the solution.

Question 39

Steven, a Scrum Master, has been hired by an organization that is new to Scrum. He has been invited to meet the IT and product management team to kick-off the project. During the meeting the Product Owner asks how many Sprints will be needed to address the entire architecture and infrastructure before working on the features for the new product.
What are the two best responses for Steven to explain how such work is handled in Scrum?
(Choose two.)

A.You explain that product management should not worry about technical solutions. You inform them that the developers will work with the IT department when needed and keep the Product Owner updated on additional time required for each Sprint. The additional effort will be added to the top of the Sprint Backlog before Sprint Planning.

B.You explain that it is more effective when architecture and infrastructure emerge alongside the development of business functionality. The additional advantage is that business value is created more quickly and earlier.

C.You confirm that architecture and infrastructure is needed before starting on business functionality but the estimated budget will be difficult to estimate. You suggest that the first Sprint will be dedicated towards building the technical foundation in order to get an accurate estimation for any additional budget and time required.

D.You coach the Product Owner and Development Team to add this work to Product Backlog to ensure transparency, have the Development Team estimate the work and do this in early Sprints while also creating some business functionality in the early Sprints.

Question 40

An organization is planning to form five new Scrum Teams to work on building a single product. A few of the future team members ask the Scrum Master who will coordinate the work between the different Scrum Teams.
What action should the Scrum Master take?

A.Visit the five Development Teams daily to ensure alignment and that all Sprint Backlogs remain synchronized.

B.Teach them that it is their responsibility to form the teams such that each team will have the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies to create an integrated Increment by the end of every Sprint.

C.Advise the teams to minimize dependencies by working on separate development branches and integrate at the end of four Sprint cycles.

D.At the end of Sprint Planning, collect all Sprint tasks and create a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

E.Teach the Product Owner to work with the technical leads on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.

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