Sharing people with unique skills across multiple teams will likely result in which of the following conditions? (choose the best answer)

Sharing individuals with unique skills across multiple Scrum Teams creates critical dependencies and bottlenecks. In Agile and Scrum environments, cross-functional teams are designed to have all the competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others outside the team. When a specialist is shared, their availability becomes a constraint. If multiple teams require this individual's expertise simultaneously, teams are forced into a waiting state, which disrupts flow, increases cycle time, and ultimately impedes the continuous delivery of value. This context switching also reduces the shared individual's actual efficiency, contrary to traditional resource utilization theories. Therefore, the most likely outcome of sharing unique skills across teams is increased waiting times and delayed value delivery.

B: Scrum Teams are required to be cross-functional and develop the necessary skills internally; relying on shared experts prevents this necessary skill growth. C: While it may seem cheaper on paper, the cost of delay and context switching usually outweighs the perceived financial savings of sharing resources. D: Context switching and bottlenecking actually reduce overall throughput and efficiency, meaning less actual value gets delivered, not more.

1. Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org. (Section: Scrum Team, p. 5 - Cross-functional teams).

2. Reinertsen, D. G. (2009). The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development. Celeritas Publishing. (Chapter 3: The Economics of Queues).