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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
During the last few iteration of the agile project, the developers found themselves with many completed tasks. One team member suggested imposing an upper limit on the amount of work that the team takes on at any point during an iteration. What should an agile practitioner advise ?
The team should not set an upper limit on the work in progress because that would reduce the team’s velocity
The team should set an upper limit on the work in progress to reduce waste
Consult the customer before setting an upper limit on the work in progress as the project goal is to add value to the customer
Only the sponsor can approve limits that lower resource utilization and may lead to wasting project funds
The product roadmap for a customized lodging software system consists of, on-line room reservations, payment system, customer reward program, employee on-line scheduling, and in-room checkout. They requested the reservation system up and running as soon as possible to bring in revenue. What advice should the agile practitioner offer in this situation?
Ask the client to delay the opening until the team can finish developing all features
Recommend the client purchasing pre-packaged off-the-shelf software instead of the customized one
Coach and influence the product owner to reduce low value requirements and prioritize the reservation system to be up and running
Hire more developers to have all features ready for the date required by the customer
During a sprint, the product owner tells the team the priority of the items in the product backlog needs to change. What should the team do ?
Continue building the increment in the current sprint
Groom the product backlog
Shift their effort to working on the higher-priority items
Initiate a discussion with the sponsor about whether it’s appropriate to reprioritize items in the product backlog at this point
As a project manager in an agile environment, you notice that the team is reluctant to try new approaches because they fear failure. What action would you take to create a safe environment for innovation and learning ?
Avoid any changes to the current workflow to maintain consistency and reduce risks.
Establish strict penalties for failed experiments to discourage mistakes.
Implement mandatory, documented processes for all new ideas to ensure they are thoroughly vetted before being tried.
Encourage team members by rewarding efforts to try new approaches, regardless of the outcome.
In the middle of a sprint halfway through the project, a competitor comes out with new functionality that clearly surpasses what the team is trying to achieve during the sprint. What should the ScrumMaster do ?
Ask the product owner whether the goal of the sprint is still appropriate
Cancel the sprint so the team can redefine the user stories guiding the work for that increment
Try to identify why this new functionality was missed during the research leading up to the project
Cancel the sprint so the team can redefine the user stories guiding the work for that increment
An agile team wants to experiment with new technology during their next sprint. They believe if this trial run were successful, the technology would produce a better product and increase efficiency in the long run. The product owner opposes this idea saying it will cause the sprint to fail and put the whole project at risk. What is the best course of action for the agile coach to take in this scenario ?
Support the team in their endeavour
Support the product owner in their argument
Consult with the customer
Escalate the issue to the project sponsor
Scrum team members are geographically distributed across the globe. The team was in a video conference discussing steps to troubleshoot a critical found in the customer production system. The discussion turned into a heated debate where the team members blamed each other for the defect. How should the scrum respond ?
Have the development team members work together to resolve this issue on their own
Request that all development team members be on site for these types of troubleshooting sessions
Facilitate the team discussion to ensure that the problem is resolved collaboratively in a professional way
Wait until the retrospective meeting and review the team working agreements with the team
An agile team is working to meet an aggressive release goal. The team leader has recently notice that the performance of one of the team members has dropped and the team member seems to be communicating less in group discussions. What should the team leader do ?
Meet with the team member and try to determine what motivates them
Backfill their work load using other more productive teammates
Discuss ways to improve performance at team retrospective
Look for a replacement because agile teams require the best people
As the leader of an agile team, what is one thing you will focus on to help create a productive project environment ?
Model the behaviour you want the team to avoid
Use communication tools to monitor performance
Empower the team to engage with end users
Enable the team to make decisions about the project work
An experienced scrum master is starting a new project and is currently meeting with her development team to explain that servant leadership is one of her primary responsibilities. Which of the following is the best explanation of servant leadership ?
Servant leaders impede the team from developing software too quickly by ensuring roadblocks are in place.
Servant leaders shield the team from interruptions and help to ensure that team members have what they need to be productive constantly throughout the project.
Servant leaders ensure that roadblocks are identified and removed during the sprint retrospective meeting.
Servant leaders coordinate shared resources and critical dependencies during the daily scrum meeting to prevent burnout by allowing individuals some down time between tasks.
A junior team member suggests a new way of estimating user stories. How should you respond ?
Help coach the junior team member by explaining how the team currently estimates user stories
Use Kaizen to improve the process
Try the new technique at the next opportunity
Encourage the team member to respond to change rather than following a plan based on estimates
Team members are concerned that a technical problem will cause a serious issue later in the project. One team member points out that if the problem occurs, then they will need to find a different technical approach. What should the team do next ?
Have the product owner add an item to the list of long-term features and deliverables
Alert the stakeholders to the impact the technical problem will have on the team’s commitments
Update the release plan to reflect a delay
Perform exploratory work in an early sprint in order to determine whether their solution will work
You are a product owner on a Scrum team. One of your stakeholders is a senior manager who just joined the company. She did not come to the last two sprint reviews. What should you do?
Set up a meeting with the stakeholder to bring her up to date and get her feedback on the project.
Collaborate with the scrum master to help educate the stakeholder on the rules of Scrum.
Meet with the stakeholder’s manager and explain the rules of Scrum require her to attend the sprint review.
Post an information radiator about the project outside the stakeholder’s office.
During a daily scrum meeting a team member raises a serious risk as a potential problem. Which of the following is NOT a useful action for the team to take FIRST ?
The team should take the appropriate actions to mitigate this risk.
The team should consider doing exploratory work during the next sprint to mitigate the risk
The stakeholders should be kept informed of any potential threat to the team’s commitments
The product owner should incorporate activities in the product backlog to manage the risk
An agile project to develop a new application has just finished its first iteration. Management has requested that the team provide a date for when the application can be launched, so they can better assess marketing and support needs. What should the team do next ?
Carry out an agile estimation-based spike.
If possible, defer estimating until after a few iterations and just provide a high-level estimation
Estimate based on the actual performance from a non-agile project
Provide a precise estimate in story points per iteration
You are an agile practitioner on a team that just completed work for an iteration. The team just finished demonstrating the working software to the stakeholders. One of the stakeholders is upset that one of the features he expected the team to deliver was pushed to the next sprint. How can this be avoided in the future ?
Send daily status reports to all stakeholders
Review the lines of communication and update the communication management plan
Keep the stakeholders up to date on any changes to the deliverables and trade-offs the team has made
Require the stakeholders to attend all daily stand ups
Team underestimate a story, resulting in new decomposition of work to be delivered in the current sprint & item to be returned to the backlog, what should the scrum practitioner do?
In retrospective discuss the issue & create an action plan to avoid this in the future
Ask project manager to work with the PO to help generate clear stories in future
Develop guidelines to prevent future occurrences
Allow the team to device a corrective action without external intervention
Your agile team is often interrupted by other departments requesting help on unrelated issues. Which practice best shields your team from these interruptions while ensuring support for other departments ?
Redirect all queries from other departments directly to the team's scrum master.
Schedule weekly meetings with representatives of other departments to address their concerns.
Implement strict no-interruption hours during which your team is not available for external requests.
Establish a service desk function where another dedicated team handles these queries.
What would be the most valuable outcome of an iteration review ?
The customer says everything looks good except for some tweaks to the user interface.
In experimenting with the demo product, the product owner realizes that a key feature has been missed.
The business representatives want to know when the product will be ready to release.
The marketing manager wants to take the prototype on the road to show to customers.
A member of an agile project team gathered data about the project and discovered an opportunity for improvement. What is the best way for the team member to implement the change ?
Make the change, see what happens, then report the results during the retrospective meeting
Ask the scrum master for permission to make the change and then report the results during a retrospective
Send an email to the manager to report the observation and ask for permission to make the change
Inform the team of the opportunity for improvement and then make the change once the team supports it
