## How Can Scrum Teams Address Stakeholders Who Don’t Understand Their Role? Teams should educate stakeholders on Scrum’s empirical nature and the purpose of events like the Sprint Review, emphasizing their critical role in delivering better products. >[!metahpor] >Helping stakeholders understand their role in Scrum is like inviting a guest to a potluck and explaining they’re not just there to eat—they’re supposed to bring a dish too. Without their contribution, the spread is incomplete and everyone misses out on key ingredients. </br> By showing stakeholders how their feedback and participation shape the outcome, teams turn passive observers into active collaborators essential to Scrum’s inspect-and-adapt cycle. ## Works Consulted 1. [Stakeholders and Customers](https://www.scrum.org/learning-series/stakeholders-and-customers/) | Scrum.org | Accessed 29 Jul. 2025. ## Connections follows:: [[3.3 When Sprint Reviews Are Empty, Feedback Still Matters]] topics:: [[Scrum]], [[Stakeholder]], [[Roles and Accountabilities]], ![[Footer]]