A Scrum Master is preparing a team new to Scrum for its first Sprint Review and writes four statements on a whiteboard about what the event is for. Which TWO are true?
Professional Scrum Master I, objective 2. Developing people and teams medium
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The options
Choose 2.
Correct The Scrum Team presents the results of its work to key stakeholders and progress toward the Product Goal is discussed
Correct. The Sprint Review is where the Increment and the direction meet the people who care about the outcome, and progress toward the Product Goal is part of that conversation.
Not correct The Increment is released to customers at the end of the event, as this is the Sprint's delivery point
Wrong. An Increment may be released whenever it meets the Definition of Done, before the Sprint Review or after it. The Review is an inspection, not a release ceremony.
Not correct The Developers demonstrate only completed work, so the event is a presentation the team rehearses
Wrong, and it is the half-truth that catches people: work that is not Done should not be shown as Done. But the event is a working session, and a rehearsed presentation is precisely what the Scrum Team is told to avoid.
Correct The Product Backlog may be adjusted during the event to meet new opportunities
Correct. Adaptation is the point of the event: attendees collaborate on what to do next, and the Product Backlog is where that lands — with the Product Owner still accountable for its ordering.
Why
The Sprint Review is the only event with stakeholders in the room, and it has two outputs rather than one: a shared, honest view of what the Sprint produced, and an adjusted Product Backlog reflecting what everyone now knows. Every wrong answer on this topic tends to convert one of those into ceremony — a demo to be performed, a release to be triggered, an approval to be granted — and ceremony is what a working session is defined against.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- Scrum Guide section Sprint Review
- What it says
- The Product Backlog may also be adjusted to meet new opportunities.
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