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Question #: 65
Topic #: 1

You have a Scrum Team that has been working together for over a year. The Development Team consists of eleven members who rarely collaborate and work within their functional boundaries. There are no Sprint Goals and most of the items in the Sprint Backlog are unrelated. The Scrum Team has concluded that it is not possible to create Sprint Goals based on the items in the Product Backlog.
What might explain why the Scrum Team is finding it difficult to craft Sprint Goals? (Choose all that apply.)

A. The Sprints are too long.
B. The Product Owner is not empowered to make decisions about items in the Product Backlog nor how they are ordered.
C. The Product Owner doesn't set objectives that he/she wants to achieve with upcoming Sprints.
D. Scrum might not be the best framework for this team.
E. The Development Team is too big.

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Suggested Answer: BCD 🗳️
Many people misinterpret the Scrum Guide as stating the Development Team size is limited to 3-9 members. In reality, it only states that there is inherent risk attached to having less than 3 members and more than 9 members. As the number of members increases, the lines of communication also increase. This can be calculated using the Group intercommunication formula: n(n גˆ’ 1) / 2 where n is the number of members. Some teams are able to handle the risk and
ג€synergizeג€ whereas others might struggle. Saying that, the relationship between defining a Sprint Goal and Development Team size is unclear.
But the relationship between the ordering of the Product Backlog, the PO having clear objectives, and the Sprint Goal are direct. The Product Owner typically comes to the Sprint Planning with a business objective in mind and Product Backlog items related to the business objective. After deciding what can be done for the upcoming Sprint, the Scrum Team will craft a Sprint Goal that would be met through the implementation of the items. This is not dependent on the size of the team nor length of the Sprint.
Scrum is also a framework that's fit for purpose. Some projects/products are not fit for Scrum... or, better stated, Scrum is not suitable for all projects/products.

by Edgecrusher77 at Feb. 12, 2021, 1:24 p.m.

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ferut

1 month, 1 week ago

E could possibly an answer: this large number could be the trigger that they don't collaborate well. This could enforces the team to fill up the Sprint Backlog to meet up the expected velocity. Your starting point will then be 'how to fill up the sprint' rather than 'what should we achieve'. For me: B C E

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EricSon

2 years, 1 month ago

I doubt D should be a correct answer. I don’t think Scrum.org would make up a question asking the candidate to answer “Scrum is not the best framework for the team”… I chose B, C, E.

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ferut

1 month, 1 week ago

Indeed, D is counter-intuitive.

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ferut

3 weeks, 4 days ago

On a second thought, D could be correct. Scrum is suitable to solve complex problem. If the work is simple, than Scrum might be overkill.

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12monkeys

2 years, 1 month ago

B: "There are no Sprint Goals and most of the items in the Sprint Backlog are unrelated" This speaks to a product backlog that isn't prioritized D: Self-explanatory E: 11 in a dev team is too large and not recommended

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nhungnt184

2 years, 2 months ago

C and D are OK. But why choose B instead of E?

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amog

2 years, 3 months ago

Some of confuse about B But C and D are correct

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Edgecrusher77

2 years, 4 months ago

11 in a dev team is not recommended

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