Which activities are explicitly listed as part of the Scrum Master responsibilities for the ART besides Release Planning?

• A. Release Planning preparation and Inspect and Adapt
• B. Daily standups and backlog refinement
• C. Code reviews and architecture decisions
• D. Bug triage and test planning

Answer: (A)

At the ART level, Scrum Masters focus on enabling and coordinating large-scale events and improvements beyond individual team ceremonies. Two key activities explicitly associated with the Scrum Master’s role for the ART are preparing for Release Planning and supporting the Inspect and Adapt workshop. Release Planning preparation involves getting the shared backlog, dependencies, and logistics ready so that the PI planning event can run smoothly across all teams. Inspect and Adapt is the formalART-wide event at the end of the Program Increment where teams review outcomes, identify systemic issues, and plan improvements; the Scrum Master helps facilitate this event and removes impediments to progress.

Daily standups and backlog refinement are primarily team-level Scrum Master duties, not the ART-level responsibilities highlighted here. Code reviews and architecture decisions are engineering activities, not core Scrum Master responsibilities. Bug triage and test planning are quality assurance activities, also not typically listed as the Scrum Master’s ART-level duties.