SSM Supporting ART 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.

• ✓

  Work with the RTE and other Scrum Masters to create an improvement story for the ART's backlog that addresses acceptance criteria clarity across teams.

  Why this is correct

  The Inspect and Adapt event concludes with identifying improvement items that are added to the ART backlog. Since the root cause affects the entire ART, the Scrum Master should collaborate with the RTE and peers to create a systemic improvement story. This ensures the fix is coordinated and tracked, rather than leaving each team to solve it in isolation, which aligns with the event's purpose of driving ART-level improvements.

• ✗

  Schedule a separate meeting with your team's Product Owner to rewrite all user stories with clearer acceptance criteria for the next PI.

  Why it's wrong here

  This action focuses only on one team and does not leverage the ART-level improvement process established by the Inspect and Adapt event. The root cause was identified during a collaborative workshop, and addressing it should involve the broader ART. A team-specific meeting may help locally but misses the opportunity to create a systemic solution that benefits all teams.

• ✗

  Update the team's Definition of Done to include a mandatory review of acceptance criteria by the Product Owner before sprint planning.

  Why it's wrong here

  While improving acceptance criteria is valuable, the problem-solving workshop is an ART-level event, and the root cause may affect multiple teams. Making a unilateral change to one team's Definition of Done does not address the systemic issue across the ART. The Scrum Master should first participate in the ART-level improvement planning to ensure a coordinated solution, rather than acting independently.

• ✗

  Escalate the issue to the Business Owners and request additional funding for a dedicated business analyst to write acceptance criteria.

  Why it's wrong here

  Escalating to Business Owners for funding is premature and does not follow the ART's improvement process. The Inspect and Adapt event is designed to identify and prioritize improvements, which are then added to the ART backlog. Requesting external resources bypasses the collaborative problem-solving approach and may not address the root cause effectively across teams.