Which of the following is an advantage of the whole team approach?

Question

Options

• AAny person in the team with the right skills can perform any task
• BTasks are assigned to specific team members who will own that task until completion
• CTesters have clear ownership of quality and this eliminates confusion and overlap
• DBusiness representatives are not included in the team so they can supply independent

• A
  93% (26)
• B
  4% (1)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Option A is correct because the whole team approach is an Agile principle where quality is a shared responsibility - any team member with the required skills can step in to perform any task, increasing flexibility and reducing bottlenecks.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B describes the opposite: fixed task ownership is a siloed, traditional approach that the whole team model explicitly moves away from.
• C contradicts the core idea - in the whole team approach, quality is everyone's responsibility, not solely the testers'. Exclusive tester ownership creates the very confusion and overlap the approach tries to eliminate.
• D is backwards - business representatives are included in the whole team (e.g., as product owners or customer proxies). Excluding them would undermine collaboration.

Memory tip: Think of "whole team" literally - the whole team owns quality, meaning any member can do any task they're skilled for. If an answer suggests exclusion, isolation, or fixed ownership, it's wrong.

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