SSM Supporting Team Events Practice Question

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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  Ask the Product Owner to attend every Daily Stand-up and assign tasks to team members based on the iteration backlog.

  Why it's wrong here

  The Product Owner may attend, but assigning tasks undermines the team's self-organization and turns the stand-up into a top-down planning session. The Daily Stand-up is for the team to inspect its progress toward the Iteration Goals and adapt its plan. Having the Product Owner assign work would reduce ownership and likely worsen the status-reporting dynamic the Scrum Master is trying to fix.

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  Remind the team that the Daily Stand-up is for the team to coordinate and self-organize, and coach them to talk to each other rather than to the Scrum Master.

  Why this is correct

  The Daily Stand-up belongs to the Development Team, and its purpose is for team members to synchronize and plan the next 24 hours. When the Scrum Master becomes the audience, the event loses its value. Coaching the team to address each other and self-manage directly restores the intended dynamic without taking over the meeting. This is a core Scrum Master responsibility in SAFe.

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  Replace the Daily Stand-up with a written status update in the team's chat tool so that team members can read updates at their convenience.

  Why it's wrong here

  Replacing the face-to-face Daily Stand-up with written updates removes the real-time interaction and rapid impediment identification that the event is designed to provide. While asynchronous updates can supplement communication, they cannot replace the team's daily opportunity to synchronize and adapt. The Scrum Master should improve the existing event, not eliminate it.

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  Start asking each team member detailed questions about their tasks to make the meeting more interactive and ensure the Scrum Master understands progress.

  Why it's wrong here

  Asking detailed questions reinforces the Scrum Master as the center of the meeting and can make team members feel interrogated. It also shifts focus to reporting progress to the Scrum Master rather than to team coordination. The Daily Stand-up should not become a status meeting for the Scrum Master; the team should own the conversation and use it to plan their day together.