An agile project manager notices that the product owner manages team members' day-to-day tasks in a way that distracts them from their core responsibilities. In addition, the team believes that…

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Options

• ADiscuss and address this in the iteration retrospective
• BLet the product owner know it is the project manager's responsibility to drive a team's tasks
• CDiscuss the roles and responsibilities of the project team with the product owner
• DAsk the product owner to work extra hours to answer the team's questions

• A
  75% (21)
• B
  14% (4)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

The iteration retrospective is the designated agile ceremony for the team to surface, discuss, and commit to improving process issues - including role boundary problems and collaboration inefficiencies. Raising both the product owner's overreach into task management and the delayed prioritization responses in a retrospective (A) creates a structured, blame-free environment for resolution with the whole team present. Telling the product owner that task management is the project manager's job (B) creates territorial conflict and doesn't resolve the issue collaboratively. Discussing roles separately with the product owner (C) bypasses the team and the proper agile forum. Asking the product owner to work extra hours (D) is an unreasonable and misdirected response. The retrospective is the correct venue.

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