As a Scrum Master what do you do when it becomes evident that a sprint goal does not demand much, or even any, time from more specialized individuals on the team? Do you permit those specialists to optimize the product (e.g. address technical debt, refactor for performance, or even maybe add new feature, etc...) in the area of their specialty even if it's not seen as a high priority by the product owner? What if the team thinks that it is the best use of that individual's time, even though the corresponding product backlog item is very low (or perhaps not registered at all)?
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