Domain#6 Problem Detection and Resolution Mike Griffith

A new risk has been discovered halfway through the project. What should your team do first?

• Add it to the top of the backlog.
• Ask a subject matter expert to assessits probability and impact.
• Evaluate its root cause.
• Schedule a risk-based spike to resolve or minimize it.

What would be most helpful for improving a team's problem-solving proficiency?

• Focus on keeping arguments and disagreements to a minimum.
• Encourage them to share their mistakes and problems with each other.
• Ask more experienced team members to mentor their peers.
• Score their suggestionsand post a leaderboard in the team space to encourage competition.

Which tool or metric would allow a team to find problems most quickly?

• Varianceanalysis
• Technical debt
• Risk burn-up chart
• Defect cycletime

As the coach of an agile team, you expect the team members to:

• Come to you whenever they encounter a problem
• Report all their problems in the daily stand-up meeting
• Solve most problems collectively as the work proceeds
• Figure out the best solution on their own

Ideally, who will catch and fix a coding error?

• The customer will spot it in the demo.
• The developers will find it during unit testing.
• The reviewer will catch it during pair programming.
• The testers will find it in testing.

Two team members are having a difference of opinion about how to build the next user story. What should be done?

• The team coach should assessthe level of conflict and intervene appropriately.
• The Scrum Master should decide the issue, since it is becoming an impediment to progress.
• The product owner should be consulted.
• The team should gather to discuss the issue and come up with a collective solution.

Ideally, what does your team want to see on the top line of your risk burn-down graph?

• A steady, consistent upward trend
• A sharp upward trend as early as possible in the project
• A steady, consistent downward trend
• A sharp downward trend as early as possible in the project

As the lead tester on an XP team, you discover a problem. What should you do?

• Discuss the issue with the developer.
• Try to fix the problem yourself
• Tell the customer.
• Alert the other coders to the problem.

An agile team is refactoring their code. Why are they doing this?

• To check the unit tests for errors
• To make sure the tests are ready before the code is written
• To make the code easier to update and maintain
• To get a consistent level of technical debt that will make it easier to forecast velocity

We put risk mitigation stories in the backlog to:

• Avoid having to keep a separate list of threats and issues.
• Keep the team focused on risks.
• Ensure that risk reduction efforts are done in the early iterations.
• Make sure the team doesn't forget to do something about the risks.