PMP Practice Question: People — Agile, Medium
Your agile team recently added three new members to scale up for a major product release. The original five team members have strong chemistry and established working agreements, but you notice the new members are being excluded from informal discussions and social activities. During retrospectives, the new members rarely speak up, and you observe the team fragmenting into two subgroups. Sprint performance has remained stable but hasn't improved as expected with the additional capacity. What action should you take?
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