Question 138 - PSPO-I discussion

The Scrum values are commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage1.These values are embodied by the Scrum Team, which is a self-managing unit that organizes its own work and delivers a valuable product2. The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers[3][3]. The best way to create Scrum Teams is to respect the self-management and empowerment of the people who will do the work, and let them decide how to organize themselves into Scrum Teams.This can be done by bringing all the people together and letting them form Scrum Teams based on their skills, interests, and alignment with the product vision4.Alternatively, existing teams can propose how they would like to reorganize themselves into Scrum Teams, based on their feedback and experience5. These ways of creating Scrum Teams are consistent with the Scrum values, as they foster commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage among the team members and stakeholders. The other options are not consistent with the Scrum values, as they involve managers or the Chief Product Owner imposing their decisions on the team members, which undermines their self-management and empowerment, and creates a lack of trust and collaboration.

1:The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 4

2:The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 5

[3][3]:The Scrum Guide, November 2020, p. 6

4:Managing Products with Agility, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023

5:Developing People and Teams, Scrum.org, accessed on December 16, 2023