A project manager is leading a project to develop a new mobile app. The team is using Scrum. The Product Owner is constantly adding new stories to the current sprint. The team is frustrated. What should the PM do?

Answer options:

Tell the team to work faster.

Coach the Product Owner on the importance of the Sprint Goal and the rule that scope is fixed during the sprint.

Allow the changes but extend the sprint end date.

Remove the Product Owner from the team.

How to approach this question

Scrum Rules: Sprint = Protected. PO needs coaching.

Full Answer

B.Coach the Product Owner on the importance of the Sprint Goal and the rule that scope is fixed during the sprint.✓ Correct

Task 13 (Methodology) and Task 13 (Mentor stakeholders). The PM (Scrum Master) protects the process. Scope creep inside a sprint destroys predictability and morale.

Common mistakes

Thinking Agile means 'change anything anytime'. It means 'change at the boundaries'.

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