PMP Practice Question: Process — Agile, Easy
You are facilitating a daily standup for your agile development team. One team member mentions they are blocked because they are waiting for access to a testing environment that requires approval from the IT security team. This is the third day this issue has been raised. The team member asks what they should work on while waiting. What should you do as the Scrum Master or agile project leader?
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