WorksheetsDomain#2 Value Driven Delivery Mike Griffith
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What isn’t one of the practices your team can use to ensure they get feedback about the product
being built?
Pair programming
Stand-up meetings
Wideband Delphi
Releases
In comparison to traditional projects, the agile approach to contracts doesn’t require:
More detailed specifications
More feedback
More trust
More customer involvement
To test how people will respond to the system under real-world conditions, we would perform
User factoring
Usability testing
Test-driven integration
Continuous testing
The contractor on your project doesn’t understand the team’s agile approach .As team coach,
what should you do?
Request thatthe PMO provide a week-long agile workshop for all potential contractors.
Ask the product owner whether educating this contractor is a project requirement.
Gather the team to discuss the contractor’s role and decide how much they need to know about
agile.
Youdon’tneedtodoanything,sincethecontractorisn’tonthedeliveryteam.
Your team is developing an online game that will have three beta (test) releases before launch.
Which feature would not be included in the first beta release?
Betaplayer sign-up andlogin interface
Options for giving feedback to developers
Refer-a-friend marketing campaign
Password authentication
The sponsor wants to use earned value metrics to measure the team’s progress.
You remind her that:
The team prefers to use information radiators.
We need to establish a stable velocity first.
The project plan isn’t finalized yet.
Earned value metrics won’t reveal whether the product is meeting the users’ needs.
What would the developers on your team need to code first?
Release 2.2 user stories
Release 2.1 user stories
Release 2.3 unit tests
Release 2.1 acceptance tests
What is the main purpose of imposing limits on workin progress?
To optimize throughput
To balance workflow
To visualize lead time
To minimize resource allocation
Two team members have different opinions about what needs to be built to meet
the customer’s requirements.
This is probably an example of :
The definition of done
The gulf of evaluation
Divergence
Pair programming
Your team has high levels of working progress, and you are explaining to them why that is a problem.
What isn’t one of the issues you mention?
It hides efficiency and throughput issues.
It increases risk and potential rework.
It doesn’t deliver anyreturn.
It confuses the team members’ roles.
Which of the following is not a form of frequent verification and validation?
Pair programming
Iteration planning
Iteration demos
Unit testing
A sponsor wants to evaluate a proposed three-year project against two proposed one-year projects. Which financial metric would be most helpful?
NPV
ROI
Velocity
MMF
You are working on a software development team that follows a test-driven development process.
The sequence of activities you would undertake is:
Write code, write test, refactor
Write code, refactor,
write test
Write test, write code, refactor
Write test, refactor, write code
Which of the following is most likely to be a minimal viable product?
A bicycle that has no handle bars
A pen that has areser voir for glow-in-the-dark ink as well as regular ink
An order entry system that has no user interface
A chair that has no back
The sponsor is trying to determine which project has the greatest business value—one that returns $4 million in three years or one that returns $5 million in four years. The interest rate is 5 percent for borrowing capital to develop the projects. The best approach to determine the highest-value project is:
Select the “$5 millionin four years”project, sinceit returns thehighest amount.
Calculate the NPV of the projects, and choose the project with the lowest cost.
Calculate the NPV of the projects, and choose the project with the highest value.
Select the “$4 million in three years” project, since it has the shorter pay back period.
You have been asked to outline the basics of agile contracting for your steering committee.
Which of the following statements best describes the recommended approach to contracting on agile projects?
The contract is worded to allow for early completion of scope, and accept ance is based on items matching the original specification.
The contract is worded to allow for reprioritization of scope, and acceptance is based on items being fit for business purpose.
The contract is worded to allow for early completion of scope,and acceptance is based on items being fit forbusiness purpose.
The contract is worded to allow for reprioritization of scope, and acceptance is based on items matching the original specification.
What is the primary benefit of involving business representatives in the prioritization of work?
To proactively engage the business representative between acceptance testing cycles
To better understand the business needs for the project
To promote communication about when features will be delivered
To answer business-related questions about the requirements
Project X has an IRR of 12 percent, and project Y has an IRR of 10 percent.
Which project represents the better rate of return?
It depends on the payback period.
Project X or Y, depending on NPV
Project X
Project Y
Littles Law demonstrates that:
The duration of a work queue is dependent on its size.
WIP is equal to the duration of the work queue.
The duration of a work queue allows us to predict how long the project will take.
Cycle time is equal to the size of the work queue.
What should an agile coach do to maximize team productivity on a complex, high-visibility project?
Divide the team into areas of expertise based upon professional experience.
Ask the product owner to select task assignments.
Empower senior team members to assign tasks.
Encourage cross training across different disciplines.
