An agile project manager notices that one of the team members is developing extensive knowledge in a specific matter. Other team members are likely to require this knowledge in the future.
What should the agile project manager do?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation
In agile project management, knowledge sharing is a key practice that enables continuous learning, collaboration, and improvement among the team members. Knowledge sharing can take various forms, such as pair programming, mentoring, coaching, peer reviews, feedback sessions, and training workshops. Asking the team member to provide a training session for the rest of the team is an effective way of transferring the knowledge that the team member has developed in a specific matter. This will help the other team members to acquire the same knowledge and apply it in their future tasks. It will also foster a culture of mutual support and trust within the team. The other options are not as suitable for agile project management, as they do not promote active and interactive knowledge sharing. Asking the team member to produce a lessons learned document or to record highlights may result in passive or delayed knowledge transfer, as the other team members may not read or understand the document or the highlights. Asking the team member to develop more expertise and become a SME may create a dependency or a bottleneck in the team, as the team member may become the only source of knowledge in that matter. References:
PMI, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) - Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, pp. 28-29, 35-36, 54-55.
White Paper: Knowledge Sharing in a Large Agile Organisation, Agile Business Consortium, 2017, pp.
3-4, 7-8.