Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems: A Developer is requested by an important stakeholder to help them with an urgent and important task outside the Sprint Goal. The Team member set aside the Sprint work for the day and instead helped with this request. Which statement best describes the Team member’s action?
a) The Team member has gone the extra mile and must be rewarded.
b) The Team member has violated Scrum rules by not consulting with his manager.
c) The Team member did not live by the Scrum value of focus.

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A Developer is requested by an important stakeholder to help them with an urgent and important task outside the Sprint Goal. The Team member set aside the Sprint work for the day and instead helped with this request. Which statement best describes the Team member’s action? 
a) The Team member has gone the extra mile and must be rewarded. 
b) The Team member has violated Scrum rules by not consulting with his manager. 
c) The Team member did not live by the Scrum value of focus.

Avinash Upadhyay · Accepted Answer

c) The Team member did not live by the Scrum value of focus.

The Scrum value of focus helps to avoid doing other things not related to the Sprint Goal. The Team member is expected to live the Scrum value of focus by prioritizing and completing the Sprint work to achieve the goals of the Scrum Team. Correct answer is ‘c'.

Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems

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