The animal-shelter licensing team asks the SM/TC to just pick Scrum or Kanban so they can start. How should the SM/TC respond?
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Short Explanation
Picking the team’s method for them is like choosing someone else’s running shoes. The SM/TC brings evidence and questions; the team owns the working agreement. That is how self-management starts, not a decree from the coach or city hall.
Full Explanation
Advanced SM/TC work coaches method selection with evidence of arrival patterns, interrupt load, and flow—not command-and-control process design. The Agile Team owns its working agreements, including SAFe Scrum versus SAFe Team Kanban. Product Owners order the backlog; they do not dictate the team method. Escalating the choice to a city manager removes the learning the team needs to inspect and adapt the method later.