Course 5

Answer 1

• facilitating scrum events
• helping the team remove blockers
• preventing unhelpful interactions from outside of the team

Question 2

a scrum master needs to be organized and supportive as they lead

Answer 2

• scrum master acts as a facilitator and a coach to the scrum team

Question 3

Scrum master traits:

Answer 3

• organizational skills
• supportive leaders
• facilitate productivity and collaboration
• coach team members
• great communicators

Question 4

three pillars of scrum and empiricism

Answer 4

1. transparency - make the most significant aspects of our work visible to those responsible for the outcome
   
   • easier to be transparent with a small team (ranging between 3-9 ppl)
   • a small team avoids mixed signals, breakdowns of communication and unnecessary complications
   • critical to the team’s productivity and the project’s completion
   • outside of the team, transparency with stakeholders including customers, sponsors and management
2. inspection - conducting timely checks towards the outcome of sprint goal to detect undesirable variances
   
   • constant checking in on progress and deliverables to detect undesirable changes
3. adaptation - adjusting project, product, or processes to minimize any further deviation or issues

Question 5

five values of scrum:

Answer 5

1. commitment: personally committing to achieving the goals of the scrum team
2. courage: courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems
3. focus: everyone focusing on the work of the sprint and the overall goals of the scrum team
4. openness: team and stakeholders agree to be open about all of the work and challenges with performing the work
5. respect: respect the team members opinions, skills, and independence of the teammates

Question 6

a product owner is:

Answer 6

tasked with ensuring that the team is building the right product or service

Question 7

a product owner’s responsibilities include:

Answer 7

• continuously maximizes the value of the product delivered by the Scrum Team

• helps the Scrum Team understand why their work matters within the overall goal and mission

• prioritizes the Product Backlog to optimize delivery and value to customers

• ensures the Backlog is visible and transparent to all

• makes sure the product or service fulfills the customers’ needs

Question 8

a product owners role requires them to be:

Answer 8

• customer focused
• decisive
• flexible
• optimistic and positive
• available
• collaborative

Question 9

the development team:

Answer 9

is made up of people who do the work to build the product

• team size of 3-9 ppl
• larger teams run into issues such as too many opinions and streams of communication

traits of the development team:
- cross functional
- self organizing: creates processes and structures they believe will help them efficiently complete the project
- supportive
- customer oriented

Question 10

scrum team:

Answer 10

product owner: build the right thing

developers: build the thing right

scrum master: build the thing fast or improving efficiency