Agile mindset quiz N

You are managing an Agile project, and a team member suggests a new approach to improve delivery speed. However, the team is hesitant to adopt this change. What should you do as the Agile leader?

• Insist the team follow the new approach immediately.

• Encourage the team to experiment with the approach in the next iteration.

• Disregard the suggestion, as it might disrupt the team's flow.

• Wait for upper management to approve the change.

Your Agile team is partially co-located, but half the team members work remotely due to company policy. What should you do to ensure effective communication and collaboration?

• Conduct daily stand-up meetings via a video conferencing tool.

• Require remote members to relocate to the co-located office.

• Assign tasks only to co-located team members for better control.

• Share meeting notes instead of holding virtual meetings.

During a sprint, two team members are experiencing conflicts over how to implement a feature. As the Scrum Master, how do you handle this?

• Ask them to resolve the conflict outside of the sprint discussions.

• Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

• Facilitate a collaborative discussion to reach a shared solution.

• Decide on the best implementation approach yourself and instruct them.

The Product Owner has identified several high-priority features, but the team has concerns about the technical challenges involved in implementing them. What is the best approach?

• Prioritize only features with fewer technical challenges.

• Use the team's input to balance technical feasibility and business value.

• Defer challenging features to a future release.

• Proceed with high-priority features regardless of technical challenges.

An Agile team member suggests a novel solution for a technical problem, but it's risky and deviates from existing practices. How do you respond as the Agile leader?

• Reject the idea to avoid risk.

• Empower the team to decide whether to proceed with the idea.

• Take over the decision-making to maintain control.

• Wait until a retrospective to discuss the idea.

The team is struggling to meet the sprint goals due to unforeseen challenges. As the Scrum Master, how do you support the team?

• Push the team to work overtime to meet the goals.

• Remove any impediments and provide resources to help the team succeed.

• Extend the sprint duration to give the team more time.

• Escalate the issue to the Product Owner for resolution.

During a sprint review, the stakeholders suggest a change in one of the deliverables. How should the Agile team handle this request?

• Include the change in the current sprint immediately.

• Politely decline, as it is against the Agile principles to make changes mid-sprint.

• Accept the feedback, add the change to the product backlog, and prioritize it for future sprints.

• Escalate the request to the Scrum Master for approval.

An Agile team is struggling to meet sprint commitments because of unclear task assignments. What approach should the team adopt?

• Assign tasks to team members based on their expertise.

• Allow team members to self-organize and choose tasks collaboratively.

• Ask the Scrum Master to assign tasks to reduce confusion.

• Postpone unclear tasks to the next sprint.

The Product Owner is unavailable, and the team is unsure about the priority of backlog items. What should the Scrum Master do?

• Prioritize the backlog based on team consensus.

• Proceed with items the team feels are most important.

• Seek input from stakeholders to clarify priorities.

• Wait until the Product Owner becomes available.

During a sprint retrospective, the team identifies a recurring issue with the delivery process. What action should you take as a Scrum Master?

• Assign the resolution of the issue to yourself.

• Encourage the team to identify solutions and experiment with them.

• Escalate the issue to senior management for resolution.

• Ignore the issue if it hasn’t impacted sprint goals significantly.