A new employee has joined the management team and wants to get a quick overview...

In Agile environments, “information radiators” are visual tools used to display project status, sprint progress, burndown charts, impediments, and more. These tools are designed to be easily accessible and quickly convey the state of work to all stakeholders, including new team members and managers.

The Agile Practice Guide (Chapter 6: "Managing with Agile") states that: “Agile teams make use of visible charts or ‘information radiators’ to keep project status, goals, and tasks visible and transparent to all.” This makes Option A the correct and most efficient first step for the new employee.

Option B is less efficient and may overload Scrum Masters.

Option C is time-consuming and unnecessary at the initial stage.

Option D provides insight but requires daily repetition and is less efficient than reviewing radiators.