Project Management Professional PMP · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 37
Leonardo is an agile coach for a pilot project team that is looking to adopt agile methodologies. Most team members have little technical domain knowledge and are unfamiliar with how to employ agile methods effectively. Leonardo recognizes this and does not want to have the team fail on their first agile project. What can Leonardo do to help adjust the team to agile methodologies?
- A Recommend terminating the project until the team members learn agile methodologies.
- B Assign and direct the team members until they gain the necessary skills to become self-directing.
- C Let the team members figure everything out as agile teams should be empowered and self-directing.
- D Perform a retrospective to address the project team's deficiencies in agile methodologies.
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: B
Explanation
While assigning and directing team members may seem backward to agile, Leonardo can more seamlessly transition from a traditional to an adaptive approach if he leads the team in the beginning. Letting the team members figure things out is setting up the team for failure. In the beginning, the team needs a lot of support and coaching. The team will best learn by doing in a safe environment with proper guidance. Canceling the project is not the best choice for this scenario. Although retrospectives can be directed to fill knowledge gaps and refresh memory, the team that just started implementing agile would quickly feel defeated and incapable if they had to wait for the retrospectives to correct their knowledge.Discussion
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