Collaboration and Teamwork Flashcards
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A team member consistently dominates sprint retrospectives, preventing others from sharing feedback. What should the Scrum Master do first?
Answer: Use structured facilitation techniques like round-robin or silent writing
Structured facilitation techniques ensure all voices are heard without singling out the dominant member.
Which practice best supports knowledge sharing across an agile team when a specialist is unavailable?
Answer: Pair programming and cross-training team members
Pair programming and cross-training reduce knowledge silos and build collective team capability.
During a sprint, two developers disagree on the technical approach for a user story. What is the recommended agile resolution?
Answer: The team discusses trade-offs and reaches a consensus or uses a spike
Agile teams are self-organizing and resolve technical disagreements through collaborative discussion and experimentation.
What does the agile concept of 'team velocity' measure in the context of collaboration?
Answer: The average amount of work a team completes per sprint
Velocity measures the team's collective throughput, helping forecast future sprint capacity.
A distributed agile team struggles with time zone differences affecting collaboration. Which practice is MOST effective?
Answer: Establishing overlapping core hours for synchronous collaboration
Core overlap hours allow critical synchronous collaboration while respecting team members' time zones.
Which agile artifact most directly facilitates collaboration between the development team and stakeholders?
Answer: The product backlog
The product backlog is collaboratively maintained by the Product Owner with stakeholder input, representing shared priorities.
When a team member is struggling with their tasks mid-sprint, what should the team do according to agile principles?
Answer: Self-organize to swarm on the problem and offer support
Agile teams self-organize to help struggling members, treating obstacles as shared team problems.