Scrum Values and Self-Organization Flashcards
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What are the five core Scrum values?
Answer: Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect
The five Scrum values are Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, and Respect, which guide team behavior.
Which Scrum value encourages team members to do the right thing and work on tough problems even when it is difficult?
Answer: Courage
Courage is the value that encourages Scrum Team members to tackle difficult challenges and speak truth openly.
What does 'self-organizing' mean for a Scrum Development Team?
Answer: The team decides internally how best to accomplish their Sprint Goal
A self-organizing team decides internally how best to accomplish their work without being directed by those outside the team.
Which Scrum value is best demonstrated when the Development Team dedicates itself to achieving the Sprint Goal and supporting each other?
Answer: Commitment
Commitment means the Scrum Team dedicates itself to its goals and supports one another to achieve them.
The Scrum value of Openness is best described as:
Answer: Being transparent about work, progress, and challenges faced
Openness means being honest and transparent about work, impediments, and challenges within the Scrum process.
When a team member honors the Product Owner's authority over backlog prioritization even when they personally disagree, they are demonstrating which Scrum value?
Answer: Respect
Respect means trusting and valuing each Scrum Team member's role and authority, including the Product Owner's right to prioritize.
A cross-functional Scrum Team should have:
Answer: All the skills needed to deliver a potentially shippable Increment each Sprint
A cross-functional team possesses all skills necessary to create a Done Increment each Sprint without depending on people outside the team.