Project Management Professional PMP · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 52
Quincy is the scrum master for Project Ponds, nine iterations into deployment, and has a velocity of thirty-eighty story points. Rex, a key stakeholder, has stopped by the project commons area and asks Marty, one of the developers, to see the updates on one of the project's features. What should Quincy do next?
- A Allow Marty to show the stakeholder the work.
- B Direct the stakeholder to the sprint retrospective.
- C Ask the stakeholder to wait until the sprint review.
- D Ask the stakeholder to leave and not come back.
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: C
Explanation
The best choice is to ask the stakeholder to wait to see the work until the sprint review. Quincy needs to protect the team from interruptions, and the stakeholder needs to review the work when it is ready to be demonstrated at the sprint review. Allowing Marty to show the stakeholder the work is not the best choice as this can disrupt the development team. Stakeholders get to review the work in the sprint review meeting, not during the sprint. The sprint retrospective allows the team to find better ways to improve the project, not review the work. Asking the stakeholder to leave and not come back is certainly tempting, but it is better to coach the stakeholder on the best practices of agile.Discussion
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