An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done? (choose the best answer)

Question

Options

• AWithout a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may
• BThe organization may not understand what has changed within Scrum and the
• CManagement may feel less anxious.
• DAll answers apply.

• A
  14% (3)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  77% (17)

Explanation

D is correct because all three outcomes genuinely result from renaming Scrum terminology - they're not mutually exclusive, and none alone fully captures the consequences.

Why each individual option is incomplete on its own:

• A alone is incomplete: losing the new vocabulary does undermine behavioral change (Scrum's terms like "Sprint" and "Retrospective" carry meaning that reinforces new mindsets), but it's only one consequence.
• B alone is incomplete: employees and stakeholders may indeed conflate new roles/events with old habits because the distinct terminology no longer signals "this is different," but again, it's not the only effect.
• C alone is a trap: management comfort is real but superficial - reducing anxiety by hiding change doesn't serve the organization's actual transformation goals.

Memory tip: When a Scrum exam answer includes "All of the above" or "All answers apply," ask yourself whether the other options contradict each other. If they don't contradict each other and all describe plausible consequences of the same action, the combined answer is almost always correct. Scrum emphasizes transparency and empiricism - disguising change undermines both, producing multiple compounding problems simultaneously.

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