Team Collaboration & Communication Flashcards
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A cross-functional agile team includes developers, a QA engineer, and a UX designer. What does 'cross-functional' PRIMARILY ensure regarding collaboration?
Answer: The team has all skills needed to deliver a complete product increment without external dependencies
Cross-functional teams contain all the competencies needed to deliver working software, enabling self-sufficiency and reducing handoff delays.
Which communication pattern does agile MOST discourage when coordinating between team members?
Answer: Routing all communication through a single project manager
Agile promotes direct team communication and discourages bottlenecks like a single PM routing all information, which slows collaboration.
A newly formed agile team is in the 'storming' phase (Tuckman model). What should the Scrum Master focus on?
Answer: Facilitating conflict resolution and helping the team establish working agreements
During storming, a servant leader helps the team navigate conflict and establish norms so they can progress to norming and performing.
What is the MAIN risk of a team relying exclusively on asynchronous communication (email, chat) for collaboration?
Answer: Delayed responses can block work and reduce shared understanding
Asynchronous-only communication introduces latency and ambiguity gaps that slow feedback loops and degrade shared understanding.
During sprint planning, the team commits to more work than is realistic. This MOST likely indicates a problem with:
Answer: Psychological safety — team members fear saying 'no' or pushing back
Overcommitment in planning often signals low psychological safety, where team members don't feel safe voicing capacity concerns.
Which practice BEST helps a remote agile team maintain team cohesion and trust?
Answer: Scheduling regular virtual team-building activities alongside work ceremonies
Intentional virtual team-building activities supplement work ceremonies to build interpersonal trust across geographic distances.
A Definition of Done (DoD) is a collaborative team agreement that PRIMARILY serves to:
Answer: Ensure all team members share the same understanding of when work is complete
The DoD creates shared quality standards so the entire team has a common, transparent understanding of what 'done' means for any work item.