Agile Audit 2

Responsibility to set deliverable priorities relates to:

• Product Owner

• Scrum Master

• Squad/team

The most common reason of project failures is

• Failure to properly define project objectives

• Poor project management

• Inability to cope with new technology

Which of the following is characteristic of Agile project:

• Focus on changing business needs

• Upfront planning & control

• Aim to complete costs, plan and design as predicted

1. Which of agile ceremonies has the following characteristics: 1) focuses on the “What” was done by the agile team, 2) attended by agile team and Stakeholders, 3) focuses on getting immediate feedback from Stakeholders:

• Sprint Planning

• Sprint Review

• Sprint Retrospective

Auditor’s participation in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews):

• Should be as frequent as possible

• Should be at the end of the project when deliverables are ready

• Depends on risk level of project deliverables

“E” in INVEST framework for review of User Stories stands for:

• Estimable

• Efficient

• Easy

Which of the below cannot be used as audit evidence:

• Stakeholder sign-offs

• Project wall

• Agile principles

One of Scrum Master’s responsibilities is:

• Setting business value & ownership of the Vision

• Facilitating adoption of agile methodologies

• Ownership of controls

Which of the below risks is usually higher in Agile compared to Waterfall:

• Cost overruns

• Time overruns

• Shortfall of functionality

For maintaining independence it’s recommended that auditor DOES NOT participate in:

• Sprint Review

• Daily stand-ups

• Sprint Retrospective