CST Scrum Values & Organizational Change Flashcards

What does the Scrum value of Focus primarily ask of the Scrum Team during a Sprint?

Answer: Concentrate on the Sprint Goal and the Sprint Backlog items selected

Focus means the team dedicates its energy to the current Sprint Goal rather than being distracted by out-of-Sprint requests.

A company penalizes scope changes mid-Sprint and treats estimates as binding contracts. Which Scrum value is most violated?

Answer: Respect

Respecting the team's ability to adapt to new information means allowing appropriate scope negotiation with the Product Owner.

Which statement best describes how Scrum values relate to the Scrum framework rules?

Answer: Values are the foundation that gives meaning to the framework's rules and artifacts

The 2020 Scrum Guide states that the Scrum values give life, direction, and meaning to the pillars, rules, and artifacts of Scrum.

During a Scrum transformation, teams begin hiding impediments from the Scrum Master to avoid blame. Which root cause should a CST address first?

Answer: Absence of psychological safety

Without psychological safety, team members self-censor rather than surface problems, directly undermining empiricism and the value of Openness.

When coaching an organization on Scrum values, a CST should emphasize that Commitment applies to:

Answer: The goals the team sets for itself, not externally imposed targets

Authentic commitment emerges when teams own their goals; externally imposed commitments create compliance, not engagement.

A CST encounters teams that do Daily Scrums but skip Retrospectives. What principle should guide the CST's intervention?

Answer: Help the organization understand that omitting events removes key inspect-and-adapt loops

Each Scrum event serves an empirical purpose, and skipping Retrospectives breaks the feedback loop for continuous improvement.