SSM Supporting ART Events Practice Question
A Scrum Master is coaching her team on how to participate effectively in the ART's Inspect and Adapt event. Which TWO activities should she emphasize as responsibilities the team has during this event? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming the Inspect and Adapt event includes planning or committing for the next PI, when in fact those activities belong to PI Planning and are separate from this event.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Participating in the PI system demo to show the integrated solution to stakeholders.
During the Inspect and Adapt event, teams contribute to the PI system demo by presenting integrated work, and they help analyze the measurement data and identify root causes in the problem-solving workshop. These activities align with the event's purpose of inspecting the PI outcome and improving the system, and they are the two direct responsibilities teams carry within it.
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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Re-baselining the PI objectives for the next PI and committing the team to new business value targets.
Why it's wrong here
PI objectives are created and committed during PI Planning, not during the Inspect and Adapt event. The Inspect and Adapt focuses on inspecting the completed PI and improving the system. Bringing PI objective creation into this event confuses its purpose and would duplicate work that belongs in the next PI Planning session.
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Participating in the PI system demo to show the integrated solution to stakeholders.
Why this is correct
The PI system demo is the first part of the Inspect and Adapt event, where the ART demonstrates the integrated solution from the PI. Teams participate by presenting their working, integrated increments. This gives stakeholders and the ART a factual basis for the measurement review that follows, making it a core team responsibility during the event.
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Approving the ART's budget and staffing changes for the next fiscal period during the event.
Why it's wrong here
Budget and staffing decisions are outside the scope of the Inspect and Adapt event, which concentrates on technical and process outcomes from the PI. Involving teams in fiscal approvals would dilute the event's focus on inspecting the solution and improving the system, and it is not a team responsibility within this ceremony.
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Negotiating individual team velocity targets with the Release Train Engineer for the upcoming PI.
Why it's wrong here
Velocity is a team's internal planning input, not a target negotiated with the Release Train Engineer during the Inspect and Adapt. The event is about inspecting outcomes and improving the system, not setting team-level throughput goals. Framing it as a negotiation over velocity misrepresents both the event and how velocity should be used.
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Helping analyze metrics and contributing to root-cause identification in the problem-solving workshop.
Why this is correct
After the measurement review, the ART holds a problem-solving workshop to identify root causes behind the data and agree on improvement items. Team members contribute their firsthand knowledge of what happened during the PI, which is essential for accurate root-cause analysis and for creating improvements the teams will actually own and implement.
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