PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) — Question 72

A scrum team has eight developers, but only two are database engineers. During the last few retrospectives, the team identified that most sprint stories are dependent upon database engineers. This has created a bottleneck in completing stories.
What should be proposed to the team?

Answer options

• A. Have other team developers attend training to learn database skills
• B. Monitor the retrospectives of two additional sprints before taking action
• C. Plan fewer stories for the sprint to reduce the database engineer's workload
• D. Ask the scrum master to work the product owner to remove backlog stories that have database dependency

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because training other developers in database skills can help alleviate the bottleneck by increasing the number of team members capable of handling database-related tasks. Option B delays necessary action, while C may not address the underlying issue of dependency. Option D may lead to incomplete stories being removed from the backlog, which doesn't solve the root problem of skill shortage.