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How do Work in Progress (WIP) Limits relate to self-organization?

(choose the best two answers)

• As part of self-organization Scrum Teams figure cut their own WIP Limits.

• WIP Limits inhibit self-organization since they limit the team's autonomy to pull work.

• A Scrum Master defines a WIP Limit to help the Scrum Team self-organize.

• WIP Limits provide a boundary/container in which the Scrum Team self-organizes.

Which of the following are flow metrics needed when doing Scrum with Kanban?

(choose the best four answers)

• Work in Progress (WIP)

• Work item Age

• Cycle Time

• Lead Time

• Throughput

The definition of "Done" still applies if policies are explicitly-stated at each column of your workflow.

• True

• False

What's the best use for the Work Item Aging metric?

(choose the best two answers)

• To influence the team's SLE.

• To help the team inspect and adapt their Sprint in the Daily Scrum.

• As a leading indicator to the length of feedback loop that Work Item.

• As an indicator of the Work Item size.

• To help the team inspect and adapt their process and definition of Workflow in their Retrospective.

In which of these situations should the Scrum Team adjust their Work in Progress (WIP) Limits?

(choose the best answer)

• When they have extra capacity during the Sprint and want to start some new work items from the Sprint Backlog.

• When there is unplanned urgent work that emerges during the Sprint.

• When they want to improve their cycle time, flow and focus.

• When they see that the average story size they are working on is growing.

What are possible benefits of supplementing Scrum with Kanban practices?

(choose the best three answers)

• May result in greater collaboration within Development Team.

• Scrum Teams no longer need the Sprint time box.

• Allows teams to release multiple times a Sprint.

• May help to discover areas of variability within your Sprint.

• May reduce an average cycle time.

What might be considered during the Sprint Retrospective once a team decides to supplement their Scrum with Kanban?

(choose the best answer)

• Workflow.

• Current policies.

• WIP Limit.

• Metrics and charts such as cumulative flow, scatterplot and work item aging.

• All of the answers.

What element of the Scrum framework or supporting practices is a from of the Work in Progress (WIP) Limit?

(choose the best answer)

• The Sprint Backlog.

• There is no such element in the Scrum framework.

• Definition of "Done".

• Burndown chart.

• Sprint Goal.

Which of following are Kanban practices for Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

• Visualizing flow, limiting WIP, actively manage the Work in Progress (WIP), inspecting & adapting the workflow.

• Kaizen, remove delays, visualize policies, pull system.

• Small batches, limit WIP, eliminate waste, Kaizen.

• T-shirt size estimation, service level expectations, limit WIP.

• Class of service, cost of delay, visualize the workflow, limit WIP, manage flow.

Which of these statements are true about Kanban and the Scrum theory of empiricism?

(choose the best two answers)

• The Kanban board provides Scrum Teams with transparency that helps them inspect and adapt their process.

• Kanban metrics are used in the Sprint Review to allow the Product Owner to inspect the Throughput and adapt the Development Team's Cycle Time.

• Kanban helps Scrum Teams deal with simple and complicated work where empiricism is not necessary.

• Kanban helps Scrum Teams achieve faster, healthier flow. That brings more rapid transparency about, the product, enabling a more effective inspection and adaptation loop.