Just after the daily scrum, the project sponsor stops by the war room and introduces a new member of the organization whose role will be impacted by the project. Now that a new stakeholder has been identified, what should the agile leader do next?

Due to strong growth, a company with five agile teams has hired a new agile leader and development team, which have been assigned to their first agile project. The new development team members are struggling in dealing with the demeanor and attitudes of some of the key stakeholders as they continually introduce conflicting requirements. What might the new agile leader do to help navigate this complexity?

An agile team has to implement a new payroll system. The product owner is a payroll expert but is not familiar with agile planning. What advice should an agile coach offer to the product owner?

You are using an agile approach to manage a console game based on a new children's television show. The studio executives approved your high-level summary timeline based on the product vision. Your team is getting ready to produce an iteration plan. At the conclusion of that meeting, what are you likely to show to executives as a summary of the upcoming iteration plan?

Which of the following is not true about iteration planning meetings?

During an iteration review, the customer requests a change to the product that will enable it to connect with and send/receive data to/from external systems rather than relying solely on user inputs. The change will significantly increase the project's complexity and add unknown risks related to interconnection with those external systems. What may help the team deal with this complexity?

An agile team delivers the product to the customer several weeks earlier than initially planned. However, the customer is unpleasantly surprised by the outcome and indicates that the product does not meet their expectations. What might the agile leader have done differently to avoid or, at least, mitigate this situation?

You are the product owner for a retail mobile shopping application developed using an agile approach. You have envisioned seasonal promotional content and new features based on user requests. At an upcoming user conference, your customers expect to learn what features have already been released and what is planned going forward. What should you present?

As part of continuous improvement, the team members are looking for ways to optimize the process they use to conduct the work. At the iteration retrospective, an agile coach suggests using a lean production method, which would allow the team to analyze the process and identify and subsequently remove waste. How should the team implement the agile coach's suggestion?

A product is being developed in increments. After the requirements for the first product increment are gathered from the customer, the team spends three months completing it. The team meets with the customer to demonstrate the increment, but the customer rejects it, stating that while the increment meets the objective requirements, it is not aesthetically pleasing. What might the agile team leader have done differently to have avoided this issue?

The first sprint of a project is about to begin, but the team struggles with the ambiguous requirements and the subjective nature of project goals, most of which are qualitative. While leading the team under these circumstances, what is the most important thing for the agile leader to focus on throughout the project?

A software development project will use an iterative and incremental approach to produce project deliverables. What planning strategy would work best for this project?

A stakeholder approaches the scrum master and requests to see a report that shows the progress of the work remaining on the project at both the sprint level and the release level. Which of the following would be the best for the scrum master to provide the stakeholder with?

A scrum team together with the other project stakeholders are holding a half-day release planning meeting to determine the number of sprints required to release an initial product that will contain a subset of the highest value user stories. Which of the following must the project have to achieve the stated goal of the meeting?

During an iteration planning meeting, after user stories in the iteration backlog are discussed, the team pushes for a re-prioritization of the user stories. Which of the following is a valid reason for re-prioritizing these user stories at this time?

An agile team has just completed their iteration retrospective meeting. After the meeting concluded, the project manager suggested that the team get together later that day to determine the cause of a major problem that was discussed during the iteration retrospective meeting. Which of the following would be the best tool for the team to use to determine the root cause of the problem discussed?

Members of a new scrum team are arguing over the meaning of timeboxing. As the discussion becomes heated, the scrum master steps in and helps the team with their dispute.

The scrum master explains that the timeboxing concept is about:

An agile leader wants to ensure that the team follows the Agile Manifesto value of working software over comprehensive documentation.

What should the agile leader recommend to the team?

Team members are complaining that they cannot get their work done because the new sponsor, who is not familiar with agile practices, keeps contacting them for project details. How should the scrum master address this?