Agile Project Management - How to Manage Impediments to Planning

The video discusses the roles of the Scrum Master and Product Owner in organizing meetings, preparing the backlog, and ensuring stories are ready for Sprint planning. It emphasizes the importance of team roles and handling impediments, with a focus on keeping team members focused on their primary tasks. The Product Owner's role in conducting research to prevent impediments is also highlighted.

When should a scrum master organize meetings with stakeholders and the product owner?

• Whenever the team requests it

• When the product owner is unavailable

• Only if the lack of requirements is an impediment

• At the start of every sprint

What should be done with the product owner's decisions before sprint planning?

• They should be discussed in a team meeting

• They should be ignored if not relevant

• They should be documented for future reference

• They should be translated into user stories with acceptance criteria

What is crucial for a story to be ready for sprint planning?

• The team should have all necessary resources and information

• The story should be the highest priority

• The story should be approved by all team members

• The story should be the easiest to complete

Why is it important for team members to focus on their roles?

• To increase their chances of promotion

• To avoid impediments caused by external dependencies

• To ensure they complete their tasks faster

• To reduce the workload of the scrum master

What should a tester focus on to avoid impediments?

• Contacting third parties

• Managing the backlog

• Checking for quality

• Developing new features