Facilitating Scrum Events Flashcards
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Who is responsible for ensuring all Scrum events take place and are kept within the timebox?
Answer: The Scrum Master, as the servant-leader accountable for Scrum adoption
The Scrum Master is accountable for ensuring Scrum events occur, are productive, and stay within their timeboxes.
The Development Team wants to skip the Sprint Review because they feel the Increment is not impressive enough to show. What should the Scrum Master do?
Answer: Coach the team that the Sprint Review is mandatory and help them see its value even when the Increment is small
The Sprint Review is a mandatory inspect-and-adapt event; the Scrum Master coaches the team that transparency and learning are valuable even when the Increment is modest.
How long is the timebox for a Sprint Retrospective in a two-week Sprint?
Answer: 3 hours
For a two-week Sprint, the Sprint Retrospective is timeboxed to a maximum of three hours.
A Scrum Master facilitates a Sprint Planning session that runs significantly over its timebox with no Sprint Goal agreed upon. What went wrong?
Answer: The Scrum Master did not effectively facilitate the team toward a shared Sprint Goal within the timebox
Facilitating effectively within the timebox and guiding the team to a Sprint Goal is the Scrum Master's responsibility during Sprint Planning.
During the Daily Scrum, two developers begin an extended technical debate. What should the Scrum Master do?
Answer: Facilitate by noting the topic and suggesting the two developers resolve it in a follow-up meeting after the Daily Scrum
The Scrum Master protects the Daily Scrum timebox by encouraging off-topic deep dives to be taken offline after the event.
Which event in Scrum replaces the need for traditional daily status meetings with management?
Answer: Daily Scrum
The Daily Scrum is the Development Team's synchronization event that eliminates the need for external daily status check-ins by keeping the team aligned.
A Scrum Master is facilitating Sprint Planning and the team selects more items than they have historically been able to complete. What is the best approach?
Answer: Facilitate a discussion prompting the team to review their past performance and reconsider whether the forecast is realistic
The Scrum Master facilitates by helping the team reflect on empirical data and self-correct their forecast rather than imposing a decision.