4 - Facilitating Iteration Execution

What does it mean to have capacity allocation for a healthy balance?

• By defining capacity allocation, the PO doesn’t need to prioritize unlike things against each other

• Capacity allocation clarifies the proportion of user stories, refactors and maintenance

• Once the capacity allocation is set, the PO and team can prioritize like things against each other

• Capacity allocation will indicate the amount of work that each individual planned in the iteration

What are the purposes for defining an Iteration Goal?

(select all that applies)

• Align team members
  to a set of deliveries to be achieved

• Align team members
  to a common purpose

• Align teams to common PI Objectives and manage dependencies

• Provide transparency and management information

Iteration Planning anti-patterns are?

(select all that applies)

• Delve too deeply in technical discussions

• Create unrealistic committment

• Have the exact same capacity and load

• Under-commit due to fear of failure

• Reserve no time for support activities

Team-Synch common anti-patterns are?

(select all that applies)

• Infrequent verification and integration during the Iteration

• Lack of collective ownership

• Focus on impediments raised by team

• Poor collaboration of the team members during the Iteration

• Sharing just enough details to show progress towards Iteration Goal

Burn-down charts common challenges are?

(select all that apply)

• Burn-downs count the remaining effort (Stories, tasks, etc.)

• Focus on tasks completed versus
  Stories completed

• Hard to distinguish between work added and work not done

• Many Scrum teams use Iteration
  burn-down charts

Scrum Master tracking Iteration progress common anti-patterns are?

(select all that applies)

• Team gets no input from Coach Synch

• Teams are unwilling to change or add objectives mid-PI

• SM does all the synchronization, so the team is incapable of doing it themselves

• Facilitate preparation for next PI

The SM's role in Backlog Refinement are...?

(select all that applies)

• Maintain the time box

• Make sure all team members participate

• Invite the right subject matter expert

• Hold the event at regular intervals

The SM's role in Iteration Review and System Demo are...?

(select all that applies)

• Consider how and what to demo in Iteration Planning

• Make sure that PO sees things for the first time in System Demo

• Team members are not invited to System Demo to save time

• Make sure the Agenda is kept secret until the System Demo

The SM's role in the relentless improvement are...?

(select all that applies)

• Invite people outside the team to the retrospective

• Ensure the team agrees on actionable improvement items

• The only focus is on what to improve and not what to preserve

• Encourage improvement between retrospectives

Answer explanation

The only focus is on what to improve and not what to preserve => although statement in itself is true, this is a common anti-patern, not a best practice

What is the scope of DevOps?

• Optimize for stability

• Maximize speed and stability

• Optimized for development speed

• Maximize value to customer fast