Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)Scrum Master StancesHard
The Development Team is consistently delivering high-quality Increments, but they often struggle to clearly articulate the business value of their work to stakeholders during Sprint Reviews. The Product Owner is busy and rarely takes the lead in this aspect. What Scrum Master stance would be most beneficial to address this?
- AFacilitator, by creating a template for the Development Team to use for presenting business value.
- BImpediment Remover, by ensuring the Product Owner attends and presents at every Sprint Review.
- CTeacher, by explaining to the Development Team how to write user stories with clear business value.
- DCoach, by guiding the Product Owner on how to effectively communicate product value to stakeholders.
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Correct answer: D. Coach, by guiding the Product Owner on how to effectively communicate product value to stakeholders.
The primary accountability for maximizing product value and communicating it to stakeholders lies with the Product Owner. The Scrum Master, as a Coach, can guide the Product Owner to improve their skills in this area, fostering their capability to articulate value effectively.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Creating a template is a prescriptive solution that doesn't build the Product Owner's capability or address the root cause of their busy schedule/lack of leadership.
- B. While PO attendance is important, simply ensuring attendance doesn't guarantee effective value communication; the PO needs coaching on *how* to do it.
- C. While the Development Team's understanding of value is good, the primary role of articulating overall product value to stakeholders rests with the Product Owner.
Scrum Master as Coach (PO)
The Scrum Master coaches the Product Owner in areas like Product Backlog management, maximizing value, and stakeholder collaboration, to enhance their effectiveness.
- Helps the PO effectively order the Product Backlog.
- Guides on communicating with stakeholders and expressing value.
- Supports the PO in maximizing product value.
Memory trick: PO's Product Power Comes from Scrum Master's Coaching.