Project Management 2 Unit 4 Test

Which of the following answers is NOT one of the four core values of agile?

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

• Working software over comprehensive documentation

• Processes over people

Which of the following is one of the 12 agile principles?

• Self-organizing teams

• Business and leaders together

• Perfect software

What is a self-organizing team?

• A self-organizing team freely chooses the work they think will bring the most value as they are the technical experts.

• Self-organizing teams are responsible for choosing the most effective and efficient way to complete their work.

• Self-organizing teams appoint the roles of project manager, team leader, and manager within the team themselves.

Complete the following sentence: Collaboration with customers is __________ contract negotiations.

• less important than

• just as important as

• more important than

Which is valued higher than processes and tools?

• Individuals and interactions

• Working software

• Responding to change

An organization that is currently not successful with their projects should:

• Immediately implement an agile framework because it makes IT projects simpler

• Analyze why their projects fail before they start using a new framework

• Hire new agile project managers, as they are better at dealing with complexity

What is the main difference between the various agile frameworks and methods?

• All frameworks require much organizational change, but some are only for small organizations.

• Some frameworks require big organizational changes; others require none.

• All frameworks have product owners, but some allow the project manager to take the role.

What should you consider when you determine if an agile framework or method is appropriate?

• Change readiness, error tolerance, and organizational culture

• Organization culture, the number of project managers, and business involvement

• Market conditions, team preferences, and management style

What does "working with a hybrid approach" mean?

• You mix any project management approach—agile or nonagile—to get the best of both worlds.

• You include one or more of the 12 agile principles in your current project management methodology to raise agility.

• You keep your current project management methodology, but allow development teams to use an agile framework.

In which way can classic project managers help agile teams succeed?

• If an agile team is under pressure, the project manager can take over the planning.

• Project managers do not play a part in agile frameworks and therefore cannot help agile teams.

• The project manager role may not exist in agile frameworks, but good project management practices can still be used to the benefit of agile teams.