CAPM Agile Frameworks and Methodologies Practice Question
At the daily stand-up meeting, a team member consistently arrives 10 minutes late, causing the meeting to start late. What is the best agile practice to address this?
⚠ Common exam trap
CAPM often tests agile mindset vs. traditional management — candidates pick escalation or punitive measures because they seem 'decisive,' but agile always favors team self-organization and collaborative problem-solving.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Have the team discuss the issue and agree on a new start time, with a commitment to start promptly.
Agile teams are self-organizing and address impediments through open team discussion and collective agreement rather than external enforcement. Having the team discuss the lateness issue and agree on a start time with a commitment to start promptly respects the team's autonomy and addresses the root cause collaboratively. This is consistent with Scrum values of openness, respect, and courage.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Impose a fine for lateness to discourage the behavior.
Why it's wrong here
Fining a team member introduces punitive management control, which agile teams replace with self-organisation and agreed working norms; the fine also addresses the symptom, not the cause of lateness. Financial penalties belong in supplier or service-level agreements, not internal team ceremonies.
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Have the team discuss the issue and agree on a new start time, with a commitment to start promptly.
Why this is correct
Having the team discuss the lateness and agree a new start time, with a commitment to punctuality, lets the team self-organise and own the solution. This satisfies the stem's constraint by addressing the behaviour collaboratively rather than imposing a manager's fix.
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Escalate the issue to management to enforce punctuality.
Why it's wrong here
Escalating to management imposes external control, contradicting the self-organising team principle whereby members address process issues directly during retrospectives or working agreements. Escalation suits contractual or compliance breaches, not a recurring ten-minute timing habit the team can resolve itself.
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Cancel the daily stand-up until the team member arrives on time.
Why it's wrong here
Cancelling the stand-up removes the daily inspection and adaptation event the team relies on for transparency and impediment removal, punishing everyone for one person's timing. Cancellation would only be defensible if the team had genuinely outgrown the ceremony and replaced it with another synchronisation mechanism.
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