PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 295

A project team's standups often run over the allotted time as members attempt to resolve issues. With a large team, this is leading to productivity impacts and bringing complaints from some members that the meetings are wasting their time when they are not directly involved in an issue’s resolution.

How can the project leader help to manage the team's time?

Answer options

• A. Set up individual status meetings and find ways to make sure issues are resolved in advance so that time is not wasted for all team members during the standups
• B. Add time to the standups to accommodate issue-resolution discussions so that everyone is up to date on the decisions made
• C. Change the standups to weekly status meetings with a longer duration to allow team members to resolve issues collaboratively
• D. Ask team members to raise issues during standups and then discuss resolution options with specific members in separate conversations

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because it allows for focused discussions on issues with only those involved, minimizing time wasted for others not directly impacted. Options A and B do not address the problem of irrelevant information for team members, while C prolongs meetings unnecessarily instead of streamlining communication.