A senior engineer always answers first on the PFAS-sampling LIMS team, and others go quiet. What question pattern should the Scrum Master / Team Coach use?
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Short Explanation
If the senior chemist always speaks first, everyone else is just the chorus. Round-robin or "let's hear two other takes first" is how a LIMS team actually thinks. Speed to the expert's answer is not the same as a high-performing team.
Full Explanation
Question patterns can counter dominance so expertise does not silence the rest of the team. Asking others first or using a structured round-robin keeps the senior engineer in the conversation without making them the default answer key. Banning them, always inviting them first, or routing questions to them after the meeting either wastes skill or cements the hierarchy. The Scrum Master / Team Coach designs the ask so the whole PFAS-sampling team reasons.