An organisation with four Scrum Teams is writing what it expects of its Scrum Masters at the organisational level. Which TWO of the following are ways the Scrum Guide says a Scrum Master serves the organisation?
Professional Scrum Master I, objective 2. Developing people and teams medium
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The options
Choose 2.
Correct Leading, training and coaching the organisation in its Scrum adoption
Correct. This is named in the Guide, and it is the reason a Scrum Master's diary is not filled entirely by one team.
Not correct Approving which teams are permitted to change their way of working
Wrong. There is no approval authority anywhere in the Scrum Master accountability; teams inspect and adapt their own practices in the Sprint Retrospective.
Correct Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organisation
Correct. Advising an implementation is service, not ownership — the Scrum Master helps the organisation design its adoption rather than mandating it.
Not correct Reporting to management which teams are following Scrum correctly
Wrong, and it is the one an audit-minded organisation would pick. Compliance reporting turns a servant leader into an inspector and destroys the trust the coaching depends on.
Why
The Guide's list of organisational service is short and specific: leading, training and coaching the adoption; planning and advising implementations; helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach; removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams. Every entry is a verb of help, and none is a verb of authority. That pattern is worth carrying into the exam — options that give the Scrum Master power to approve, mandate or police are wrong on their grammar alone.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- Scrum Guide section Scrum Master
- What it says
- Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
Practise this
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