Help! Study Hall Questions contradicting typical PMBOK Heirachy for Agile Practices?
Hey all,
wondering on your thoughts as I'm a few days away from my PMP and these types of questions are throwing me for a loop.. I've gotten a few of them now, and SH points to sources I'm not even overly familiar with.
My question:
Do I take these types of misses into consideration or follow typical best practices? Typical Agile would point to A being the correct answer, but SH says B
The SH Question:
A newly formed team has become accustomed to agile practices. The project lead has noticed that while they are performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the team members.
What should the project lead do in this situation?
- A.Allow the team to self-organize and have them analyze the situation in their retrospective session and self correct.
- B.Challenge the team to find new ways to achieve higher levels of performance to improve the situation.
- C.Speak with individual team members to determine what they would like to do to improve the situation in the team.
- D.Have the team inform senior management of the situation and ask for recommendations.
Solution: B. Challenge the team to find new ways to achieve higher levels of performance to improve the situation
Agile practices always encourages the team to find new ways of working to achieve higher levels of performance. Hence this option is correct.
As the team is newly formed, the Project lead is expected to educate the team members on new agile practices with the help from the Scrum Master and not allow the team members to analyse the situation on their own. Hence this option is incorrect.
As the team is new, speaking to the individual team members on what they would like to do is inappropriate It is for the Project lead and the Scrum Master to provide enough guidance and motivation to the team members. Hence this option is incorrect
It is expected for the Project lead to go with solutions to the senior management and seek their recommendations. Hence this option is incorrect.
My Question