SSM Supporting ART Events Practice Question
A Scrum Master is preparing a team for its first ART sync after PI Planning. The team has several stories that depend on another team's API changes and one architectural concern that may affect the whole train. What should the Scrum Master ensure the team brings to the ART sync?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is filling the ART sync with team-level status or demonstrations, when the event is designed for cross-team dependency, risk, and impediment coordination.
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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The dependency on the other team's API work, the architectural concern, and any blockers or risks that require ART-level coordination.
The ART sync is a coordination event where teams align on dependencies, integration points, risks, and ART-level impediments. For this team, the cross-team API dependency and the architectural concern are precisely the items that require train-wide visibility so they can be tracked and resolved. Status percentages, backlog detail, and demonstrations belong to other events and would dilute the sync's purpose.
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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A complete backlog review with estimates for all upcoming stories so other teams can plan their own capacity around the team's workload.
Why it's wrong here
A full backlog walkthrough with estimates is team-level planning detail that other teams neither need nor can act on in a coordination event. It crowds out the dependency and risk conversations the ART sync is meant to enable. Capacity is already reflected in the team's PI plan, so repeating it here adds noise rather than helping the train integrate.
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A demonstration of the team's completed stories so other teams can confirm the interfaces they depend on are stable.
Why it's wrong here
Demonstrations of integrated functionality belong to the system demo at the end of each iteration, not to the ART sync. The sync is a coordination event for dependencies and impediments, and staging a demo there would misplace the inspection of working software. Interface stability can be discussed as a dependency, but the formal demonstration has its own designated event.
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A status report listing every story the team has started and the percentage of completion for each.
Why it's wrong here
Percentage-complete reporting is a traditional status artifact that does not help the ART resolve cross-team dependencies or architectural risks. The ART sync focuses on coordination and integration, not on individual story progress. Bringing this kind of report consumes time without advancing the decisions the train needs to make, and it reinforces a command-and-control pattern the Scrum Master should avoid.
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The dependency on the other team's API work, the architectural concern, and any blockers or risks that require ART-level coordination.
Why this is correct
The ART sync exists to coordinate dependencies, integration points, risks, and impediments that cross team boundaries. Bringing the API dependency, the architectural concern, and related blockers puts the right information in front of the train so commitments can be adjusted and risks addressed early. This is exactly the content that makes the event productive for the whole ART.
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