In a retrospective, the team identifies that their sprint reviews are not attended by key stakeholders, and they propose inviting them to the next review. However, the product owner is concerned that stakeholders may not have time. You need to act on the feedback while respecting the product owner's concern. Which approach best balances these competing needs?

Thank the team for the suggestion and note it in the action log, but do not change the sprint review schedule.

Ask the product owner to decide whether to invite stakeholders, since they are responsible for stakeholder communication.

Facilitate a discussion with the team and product owner to explore the stakeholders' availability and identify a time that works for them, then adjust the sprint review schedule accordingly.

Invite the stakeholders to the next sprint review regardless of their availability, to show the team that their feedback is acted upon.

Which statement best describes how a no-blame culture affects team behavior during a retrospective?

Team members openly discuss failures and focus on process improvements

Team members rely on the scrum master to identify the root cause

Team members focus on identifying which person caused the issue

Team members avoid discussing mistakes to prevent conflict

What is an effective way to solicit feedback from team members in a safe and respectful manner?

Asking 'Does anyone have any feedback?' at the end of a meeting

Only asking stakeholders for feedback, not team members

Using anonymous surveys to gather honest input

Requiring each team member to provide feedback in front of the group

How can a team incorporate feedback into its agile practices?

By ignoring feedback that does not align with the current plan

By adding feedback items to the product backlog for future consideration

By discussing feedback in the next retrospective and creating action items

By delegating feedback to the product owner to handle alone

Which technique best supports objective analysis of a failure during a retrospective?

Asking 'What conditions led to this failure?'

Asking 'How can we punish the person who caused this?'

Asking 'Who is responsible for this failure?'

Asking 'Who should be removed from the team?'

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In a retrospective, the team identifies that their sprint reviews are not attended by key stakeholders, and they propose inviting them to the next review. However, the product owner is concerned that stakeholders may not have time. You need to act on the feedback while respecting the product owner's concern. Which approach best balances these competing needs?
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