The transit operations manager assigns individual Developers tasks during the Sprint for the fare-capping product. How should the Product Owner support Scrum Team accountability?
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Short Explanation
When a manager hands out fare-capping tickets mid-Sprint, the team stops being a team and starts being a temp desk. Developers self-manage the work that gets the Sprint Goal to Done. The Product Owner should back that, not turn Daily Scrum into a dispatch radio.
Full Explanation
Developers self-manage toward the Sprint Goal; outside managers do not assign individuals tasks during the Sprint. The Product Owner supports that accountability by redirecting operational dispatch away from the Scrum Team’s plan. RACI matrices and Daily-Scrum-as-dispatch both reinstall command-and-control. Protecting self-management is how a Done fare-capping Increment remains the team’s forecast rather than a manager’s task list.