WorksheetsSCRUM
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Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.
A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.
A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.
The length of a Sprint should be:
Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events
No more than one month.
All of these answers are correct
The three pillars of empirical process control are:
Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste
Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
Planning, Inspection, Adaptation
Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum? (choose the best three answers)
Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.
Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers
Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.
Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.
What is the role of Management in Scrum?
Continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team.
Monitor the Development Team's productivity.
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.
Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The most junior member of the Team
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?
The Stakeholders
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The CEO
The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is:
2 hours.
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter
As long as needed.
1 day.
4 hours and longer as needed.
The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is?
4 hours
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter
Whenever it is done
Monthly
Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team? (choose the best three answers)
Development Team
Users
Customers
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
Empirical
Hybrid
Defined
Complex
The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?
The same time of day every day.
Two minutes per person.
4 hours.
15 minutes.
15 minutes for a 4-week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
The place can be named
The consistency reduces complexity.
The Product Owner demands it.
Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.
What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?
The event must happen at a set time.
The event must happen by a given time.
The event must take at least a minimum amount of time
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
The Development Team.
The Scrum team
The Development Team and Scrum Master.
The Development Team and Product Owner
The Scrum Master and Product Owner.
What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?
Minimal 7
3 to 9
7 plus or minus 2
9
What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? (choose the best two answers)
By facilitating Development Team decisions
By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team
By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time
By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
To make sure every team member answers the three questions.
He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum.
To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down.
To gather status and progress information to report to management
True or False: Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."
True
False
The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. (Which one the following answers is FALSE?)
The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team.
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.
As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected.
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. When does the next Sprint begin?
Next Monday
Immediately following the next Sprint Planning
When the Product Owner is ready
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.
Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom
Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
Items are randomly arranged.
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner
When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item?
At the Sprint planning meeting.
Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member.
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
During the Daily Scrum.
True or False: When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
True
False
The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:
Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.
Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.
Development Team membership should change:
Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
Never, because it reduces productivity.
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity
The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?
Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
Add the item to the next Sprint
Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.
When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.
When the sales department has an important new opportunity.
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)
The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members' definitions
The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product's success
The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team's productivity
True or False: The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Product Backlog.
True
False
Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (choose the best two answers)
Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software.
Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure for the product.
Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
Develop a plan for the rest of the release.
Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.
When is a Sprint over?
When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of done.
When the Product Owner says it is done.
When all the tasks are completed.
When the time-box expires.
Which events are time-boxed according to the Scrum Guide? (choose the best three answers)
Sprint Testing
Release Testing
Daily Scrum
The Sprint
Sprint Review
Who is on the Scrum Team? (choose the best three answers)
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Development Team
Project Manager
None of the above
True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product
True
False
True or False: It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
True
False
How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done".
As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
All development work and at least some testing.
Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.
During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?
The Scrum Master, the project manager and the Development Team.
The Product Owner and the Development Team.
The Product Owner and all stakeholders
The Development Team
Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Lead the discussions of the Development Team.
Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered
Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak
Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box
All answers apply
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
The Product Owner
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
The Project Manager
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen
The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost
Management may feel less anxious
All of the above.
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "Done?"
Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.
Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
It depends.
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
Directing the Development Team.
Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
Keeping stakeholders at bay.
Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the Scrum Guide? (choose the best three answers)
The Development Team creates their own sprint backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the definition of "Done".
Development Team members collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint.
Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional scope for the Sprint.
The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
The Development Team members are working within the boundaries of their functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
