PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 277

A software company is developing an accounting software system to market to customers. The team has been working on the project for six weeks and has great velocity. One of the major stakeholders approached the scrum master and asked for a bi-weekly status report because they feel they are not being properly updated.

How should the scrum master respond to this request?

Answer options

• A. Inform the stakeholder that all updates are provided in the sprint review sessions and encourage them to attend.
• B. Create and update bi-weekly project status reports for the stakeholder who requested the report.
• C. Escalate this to the stakeholder's supervisor because this is an unreasonable request.
• D. Ignore the stakeholder's request and continue working on the project as they have been for the past six weeks.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because the scrum master should encourage stakeholder participation in sprint reviews, where project updates are regularly provided. Option B, while helpful, goes against the Scrum framework's principles of transparency and may lead to unnecessary documentation. Option C is inappropriate as it escalates a reasonable request unnecessarily, and option D ignores the stakeholder's need for communication, which is vital for project alignment.