Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems: A Developer is requested by an important stakeholder to help them with some external task because it is urgently required by the organization’s board. The Developer referred them to Product Owner. In this case, the Scrum Master
a) Should do nothing, since the Developer’s action was correct.
b) Should coach the Developer to support senior management requirements.
c) Should form a sub-team that can take up such external requests.

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A Developer is requested by an important stakeholder to help them with some external task because it is urgently required by the organization’s board. The Developer referred them to Product Owner. In this case, the Scrum Master 
a) Should do nothing, since the Developer’s action was correct. 
b) Should coach the Developer to support senior management requirements. 
c) Should form a sub-team that can take up such external requests.

Avinash Upadhyay · Accepted Answer

a) Should do nothing, since the Developer’s action was correct.

No one is allowed to tell the Developers to work from a different set of requirements, and the Developers are not allowed to act on what anyone else says. Correct answer is ‘a.’

Chapter 1 - A new approach for complex problems

A) Should do nothing, since the Developer’s action was correct. No one is allowed to tell the Developers to work from a different set of requirements, and the Developers are not allowed to act on what anyone else says. Correct answer is ‘a.’

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