You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog.

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You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the Developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full time commitment from Stella, an external specialist who is not a member of any of the four Scrum Teams. What would you consider acceptable solutions for the problem?

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(choose the best three answers)


A. Investigate whether additional techniques or frameworks for scaling Scrum would be appropriate for these Scrum Teams.

B. Ask Stella for a plan to hire and train additional people in her domain, and in the meantime work with the Product Owner and Development Teams to re-prioritize the work so that tasks not depending on Stella can be done first.

C. Have the Developers re-order the Product Backlog so Stella can server one team fill-time in a Sprint.

D. Merge the Scrum Teams into one large Scrum Team for he next two Sprints. When the need for Stella's expertise is over, the teams can separate again.

E. Create a team with Stella and identify the people from the Scrum Teams to temporarily work in Stella's domain to learn to better serve the existing teams.

F. Developers with an interest in Stella's domain could volunteer to take on this work in their respective Scrum Teams.

G. Organize a release Sprint in which Stella can throughly check and complete all the work done in her domain before considering the work releasable.