An agile coach realizes that a team responsible for a major release is a few months behind schedule. The marketing department is unaware of this delay, and is planning to start the marketing campaign and announce the release.
What should the agile coach do?
In this situation, the agile coach should immediately inform the marketing stakeholders about the delay in the release. It is vital to maintain transparency and ensure that all departments, especially marketing, have accurate information to avoid any potential miscommunication or misguided campaigns. This approach demonstrates proactive communication and responsibility, which is essential in managing stakeholder expectations and maintaining trust.
An agile coach helps organizations, teams, and individuals adopt agile practices and methods while embedding agile values and mindsets. The goal of an agile coach is to foster more effective, transparent, and cohesive teams, and to enable better outcomes, solutions, and products/services for customers. C is right answer
the Product owner has to set with stakeholders not the coach
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C requires waitng which is a waste in Lean, D is the best answer.
This option ensures that the marketing department is informed promptly about the delay, allowing them to adjust their plans for the marketing campaign and release announcement accordingly. It demonstrates transparency and proactive communication, which are crucial in maintaining trust and managing expectations among stakeholders.
A is the right answer. The team has to find ways to bring the project back on track.
It's a few months behind schedule, that's pretty significant, and MKT does not know about this delay. I vote for D., I think it's most important to communicate the actualized delay.
That would be correct it the question would be "What Product Owner should do"
Product Owner is the one who communicates to the Customer, not Agile Coach. The question states what Agile Couch to do. Agile Coach will work with the team so the answer C. However, this Agile Coach to inform Product Owner about the delay and this is within PO responsibility to handle this with the Customer. The answer D is correct from the Product Owner perspective only. I vote C.
C - correct. I agree with the explanation that Agile coach is not responsible for informing stakeholders. That's Product owner's job.
I think Answer should be "C" regardless of the situation. Corrective actions on an agile team is discussed during the retrospective which is related to agile. Communicating with marketing team etc is not relevant here as I see.
A. Ask the opinion of key stakeholders and the client to ensure the correct approach is being used
C is the Correct Answer
The Product Owner is responsible for providing project status/updates to the stakeholders and not the Scrum Master.
..release is in a few months means: it will be carried out in the coming iterations, so there will be at least one retrospect in between, allowing the team to discuss the issue. Keyword UNAWARE - solution = find ways to improve information sharing: C.
D. Meet with the marketing stakeholders to explain that the team will miss the planned release date. The agile coach should communicate the delay to the marketing department to manage their expectations and avoid false promises or disappointments. The team should also work on improving their velocity and finding ways to get back on track, but communicating the delay to stakeholders is crucial.
i thik this
The key lies in the end of the sentence: ...is planning to start the campaign and announce the release. Meaning this release, not the next one. Thus, according to the Scrum guide and other best agile practices, the best answer would be C, BUT before that retrospective (answer C), the team would do release, which is not the expected by the marketing team, which on the other hand would start their campaign, without knowing that they are announcing wrong release. The thing is what would do first in this situation - in my opinion: identify the issue and stop any further damage/harm/cost related to the project. So, in my opinion, D seems correct.