PSM-2 practice question 11 of 15
True or False: During the Sprint Review of a scaled development effort, every Scrum Team should demonstrate its individual Increment separately.
Full set: 75 questionsIn a scaled Scrum effort where multiple teams work on a single product, the primary goal of the Sprint Review is to inspect the single, integrated Increment they have collectively produced. The focus is on the overall value delivered and the progress toward the Product Goal, not on the individual contributions of each team. Holding separate demonstrations would fragment the review, turning it into a series of status reports rather than a holistic, collaborative working session with stakeholders. This approach would obscure the true state of the integrated product and hinder the ability to gather meaningful feedback for adapting the Product Backlog. Why the "True" Option is Wrong: The statement that every team should demonstrate its increment separately is incorrect because it contradicts the principle of producing a single, integrated, and usable Increment per Sprint in a scaled environment. This practice promotes team silos, prevents a holistic view of the product's progress, and makes it difficult for stakeholders to provide feedback on the product as a whole. Official scaling frameworks, such as Nexus, explicitly replace individual team Sprint Reviews with one combined event to review the Integrated Increment.
1. The Nexus Guide (November 2021): The official Scrum.org guide for scaling Scrum explicitly addresses this.
Section: Nexus Sprint Review, Page 9: "The Nexus Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint to provide feedback on the Integrated Increment that the Nexus has built... The Nexus Sprint Review replaces the individual Scrum Team Sprint Reviews." This statement directly confirms that individual reviews are replaced by a single, integrated one.
Section: Artifacts - Integrated Increment, Page 5: "The Integrated Increment represents the current sum of all integrated work completed by a Nexus... The Nexus delivers an Integrated Increment at least once every Sprint." This emphasizes that the focus of the scaled effort is on a single, integrated artifact, which is what should be inspected.
2. The Scrum Guide (November 2020): While not a scaling guide, its principles underpin this concept.
Section: Artifacts - Increment: "The entire Increment is the sum of all Increments and must be usable." In a multi-team context working on one product, this implies a single, integrated, and usable whole, not a collection of separate parts. The Sprint Review's purpose is to inspect this whole.
Section: Events - The Sprint Review: "The purpose of the Sprint Review is to inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations." The "outcome" for multiple teams on one product is the integrated result of their combined work.
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