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PSM-II · Question #16

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…

The correct answer is A. He explains how a team uses the velocity of a Sprint primarily to forecast work for the next Sprint, B. He informs the director of organizational impediments he is aware of that prevent the team from. The Scrum Master serves the organization by helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development and causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.

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Question

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.)

Options

  • AHe explains how a team uses the velocity of a Sprint primarily to forecast work for the next Sprint,
  • BHe informs the director of organizational impediments he is aware of that prevent the team from
  • CHe educates his director how it is part of a team's self-organization to improve velocity. He invites
  • DHe helps the director understand that it typically takes a few Sprints for a team to gradually
  • EHe tells the director that this is not his responsibility in Scrum. He tells the director to work with

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    64% (29)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    20% (9)
  • E
    11% (5)

Explanation

The Scrum Master serves the organization by helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development and causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.

Topics

#velocity#organizational impediments#Scrum Master role#management coaching

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