A newly appointed Scrum Master is preparing her team's first Sprint Review with eleven stakeholders invited, and the team asks her who is supposed to do the talking. Who presents the results of the Sprint's work to the key stakeholders?
Professional Scrum Master I, objective 3. Managing products with agility easy
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The options
Not correct The Product Owner alone, since they are accountable for the value of the product and own the relationship with stakeholders
Wrong, though it is the most defensible of the three. The Product Owner is accountable for value and will lead much of the conversation about what comes next, but Scrum does not make them the sole voice in the room.
Correct The Scrum Team, whose results these are, with progress toward the Product Goal discussed alongside them
Correct. The whole team presents, because the whole team is accountable for the Increment, and the Product Goal frames whether the Sprint moved the product anywhere.
Not correct The Scrum Master, who facilitates the event and speaks on the team's behalf
Wrong. A Scrum Master ensures the event happens and is productive and inside its timebox; speaking for the team turns them into a spokesperson and puts a layer between stakeholders and the people who built the thing.
Not correct The Developers demonstrate the Increment and then leave, so the Product Owner and the stakeholders can discuss next steps
Wrong. Splitting the event this way removes the people who know what is technically possible from the conversation about what to do next, which is the part of the Review that produces anything.
Why
The Sprint Review has two halves and both need the whole Scrum Team present: what was accomplished, and what should happen next given the Increment and everything that changed in the environment during the Sprint. Progress toward the Product Goal is the frame for both. A Review where the Developers demonstrate and withdraw, or where one person narrates while the rest watch, has already lost most of the collaboration it exists for.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- Scrum Guide section Sprint Review
- What it says
- The Scrum Team presents the results of their work to key stakeholders and progress toward the Product Goal is discussed.
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