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.,What isn’t one ofthe practices your team canuse to Wideband Delphi
ensure they get feedback about theproductbeing
built?
.,In comparison to traditionalprojects, the agile More detailed specifications
approach to contracts doesn’trequire:
.,To test how people willrespond to the Usability testing
systemunderreal-world conditions,we wouldperform
.,The contractor on your project doesn’t understand Gather the team to discuss the contractor’s role and
the team’s agile approach. As team coach,what decidehowmuch theyneed to knowabout agile
shouldyou do?
.,Your team is developing an online game that Refer-a-friendmarketingcampaign
willhave threebeta (test) releases before
launch.Which featurewouldnotbe includedinthe
firstbetarelease?
.,The sponsor wants to use earnedvalue metrics to Earned value metrics won’t revealwhether theproduct is
measure the team’s progress.Youremindher that: meetingtheusers’ needs.
.,What would the developers on your team need to Release 2.1 acceptance tests
code first?
.,What is the main purpose ofimposinglimits To optimize throughput
onworkinprogress?
.,Two team members have different opinions about The gulf ofevaluation
what needs to bebuilt to meet the customer’s
requirements. This isprobably an example of_.
.,Your team has highl evels of work in progress, and It confuses the team members’roles.
youare explainingto them why thatis a problem.
Whatisn’t one ofthe issues youmention?
.,Which of the following is not a form offrequent Iterationplanning
verification and validation?
.,A sponsor wants to evaluate a proposed three- NPV
yearproject against two proposed one-year projects.
Whichfinancialmetric wouldbe mosthelpful?
.,You are working on a software development team Write test,write code,refactor
that follows a test-driven development process. The
sequence ofactivities youwouldundertake is:
.,Which of the following is mostlikely tobe a A chair that has noback
minimalviableproduct?
.,The sponsor is trying to determine whichproject Calculate the NPV ofthe projects, and choose theproject
has the greatestbusiness value withthehighest value
.,You have been asked to outline thebasics ofagile The contract is worded to allow forreprioritization of scope,
contracting for your steering committee.Whichof andacceptance isbased onitems being fit forbusiness purpose.
the followingstatementsbest describes the
recommended approach to contractingon
agileprojects?
.,What is the primary benefit ofinvolvingbusiness To better understand thebusiness needs for the project
representativesinthe prioritization ofwork?
.,Project X has an IRR of 12 percent, andprojectYhas Project X
anIRRof 10percent.Whichproject represents
thebetterrate ofreturn?
.,Little’s Law demonstrates that: The duration ofa work queueis dependent onits size.
.,How is risk related to value delivery? Risk is anti-value.
.,As the product owner,what wouldyou focus on? Maximizingthe value oftheproduct
.,What would be a step forwardinyour teams From Formingto Storming
evolution?
.,If it isn’t possible to locate all your teammembers More communication challenges
inthe same room, they are likely to experience:
.,As an agile team leader, you want to avoid: Rewardingindividualgoals at the expense ofproject goals
.,What would a member of an agile delivery team Buildingtheproduct increment
focus on the most?
.,If the team leader is effective, we would expect to Disagree witheach other frequently when they are firstlearningto
see an agile team work together
.,What question would the sponsor ofanagile project Willtheproject deliver the expected value ontime andonbudget?
focus on?
.,What is the ScrumMaster responsible for? Guidingthe team’s agile processes
.,Your team needs to keep the product owner and Velocity chart andriskburndown graph
other stakeholders informed about how the project
.,At what team formation and development phase is Storming D. Debating
conflictlikely to be highest? A. Forming B. Fuming
.,Which of the followingstatements is true forusing Velocitymeasurements account for work done and disruptions on
teamvelocity as aprogress metric? theproject.
.,Which of the following needs isn’t relevant to Help everyone understandhow to operate andreset the printer.
designing agile team spaces?
.,Self-organizing teams are best characterizedby Makelocal decisions
their abilityto:
.,You have been assigned to lead a distributed agile Set up some initial face-to-face meetings for everyone to meet
team. Tohelp themcommunicate, thebest option each other.
wouldbe
.,Agile team members aremore effective at Feel they havepermission to make mistakes
solvingproblems when they:
.,Cockburn’s Shu-Ha-Ri model tells us why: Teams new to agile should follow amethodthat has alreadybeen
testedby others.
.,High-performing agile teams feature which ofthe Constructive disagreement, empowered, self-organizing
following sets of characteristics?
.,Another agile team leader inyour organization Meet themhalfway and workwiththeir functionalmanagers to
comes to you for advice. She’s aligneach teammember’s goals with theproject goals.
.,The primary reason constructive disagreement is Generatebuy-in for decisions.
valued onhigh-performingagile teams is to:
.,Osmotic communication worksbest when:. The team members worknear each other.
.,A new risk has been discovered halfway through Ask a subjectmatter expert to assess itsprobability andimpact.
the project.What shouldyour team do first?
.,What would be most helpful for improvinga Encourage them to share their mistakes andproblems witheach
teamsproblem-solvingproficiency? other
.,Process tailoring would be a good option for: Ateam thatis usingagile successfullybut wouldlike to improve
their methods
.,A series of project pre-mortems wouldbe most Along-term,riskyproject
useful on:
.,You hear that another team is using an agile- They are usingagile methods to build the product and
traditionalhybridapproach.Whatis this mostlikely to traditionalmethods for theprocurement workflow.
involve?
.,In a retrospective, what technique couldyour FiveWhys
teamuse to ensure that you really understanda
problem you'veidentified?
.,If your total cycle time has remained the same but The efficiency ofyourprocesshas improved.
your value-added time has goneup,what does this
mean?
.,The best way to improve the efficiency of aprocess Remove waste andbottlenecks.
is to
.,Your team spends 10 minutes waiting for people to 35 minutes
turnup for the daily stand-up meeting, which
thenlasts 15
.,When generating insights in a retrospective,we ask Movebeyond our automatic,habitual answers andget to theroot
“why” five times to: cause ofanissue.
.,Which of the followingis a form ofagile review? Customer demos
.,In agile, the kaizen approach involves: Small, incremental improvementsby the people who are doingthe
work
.,You have been asked to review an agile team’s Apreference for face-to-face communications,not too
recently enhancedmethodology to assess its muchprocess weight,recommendations for larger teams to use
effectiveness. The desirable characteristics that heavier methods
youshouldbelookingforinclude:
.,Continuous improvementis a corebenefit ofwhich Pairprogramming, daily stand-up meetings,retrospectives
agile practices?
.,Which of the following is not one ofthe questions Didthe project get shipped?
that we are continually askingina product feedback
loop?
.,The primary reason for doing a projectpre- Identifypotentialrisks so that we canmitigate them.
mortemis to:
.,On the chart used in the Timeline exercise for Team emotionalresponses over time
gatheringdatainaretrospective, ahorizontalline can
be addedbelow thex-axis to represent:
.,Process tailoring is best undertaken on agile Experiencedpractitioners want to address an issue
projects when:
.,Which of the following benefits would your agile Improve the team’s practices.
teammostlikely gain fromperforming a self-
assessment?
.,When should agile teams collect lessonslearned Throughout theproject
.,Your sponsor is asking about tailoring the We should tryitfirst, then consider tailoringit.
company’s newly adopted agile methodology.Your
advice shouldbe:
.,Teams gain the most benefits fromusingan agile Projects withmediumlevels ofcomplexityinbothtechnology
approachin: andrequirements