Daily Q&A Exercise

Date: 6th October 2023

Random 5 Questions:

Question - 1

Q. Which of the following terms refers to the deferred cost of work not done at an earlier point in
the product life cycle?

A. Technical debt

B. Sunk cost

C. Opportunity cost

D. Net present value.

Answer: A - Technical debt refers to the deferred cost of work not done at an earlier point in the
product life cycle. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 154]

[Problem Detection and Resolution]

Question - 2

Q. The product owner has requested some major changes that will have a significant impact on the
project and require reprioritizing the remaining backlog items. What should you do?

A. Complete the started stories but do not bring any more “Ready” stories into “WIP”.

B. Terminate the current sprint and reprioritize the entire project.

C. Complete the current iteration, reprioritize the backlog and adapt the new plan for the next
iteration.

D. Cancel the current sprint and immediately call a retrospective.

Answer: C - Agile teams typically don’t adjust their long term plan during a sprint unless all of the
items being developed are dropped from the backlog. It is recommended to complete the current
sprint and then re-plan and adjust accordingly. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 25] [Problem
Detection and Resolution]

Question - 3

Q. Jane is responsible for migrating critical applications used in the organization over to a cloud
platform. The non-critical applications that are currently integrated with these critical applications
will be moved to the cloud once the current migration project is successful. Which of the following is
the best approach for Jane given the high uncertainties associated with the project?

A. Break the interconnections and migrate one application at a time.

B. Migrate the critical and non-critical applications at the same time.

C. Tackle the project via strict waterfall approach.

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D. Tackle the project via small increments of work.

Answer: D - Migrating the non-critical applications is not in the scope. Breaking the interconnections
might render the critical applications inoperative. Waterfall approach is not recommended in this
scenario as the project has high uncertainties. Tackling the project via small increments of work
sounds like the most reasonable approach among the given options. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st
edition, Page 13] [Problem Detection and Resolution]

Question - 4

Q. You have been assigned to lead a massive enterprise process reengineering and automation
project. Due to the size and complexity of the project a very large team has been formed. How
should you approach estimating user stories?

A. Estimate the stories yourself with the help of the product owner.

B. Gather the entire team in a hall and ask them to estimate all stories.

C. Split the larger team into smaller teams and let each team estimate a subset of stories.

D. Form a smaller expert group and ask them to estimate all stories.

Answer: C - Gathering the entire team in a hall and asking them to estimate all the stories would not
only be a challenge but it would be very inefficient. It is possible to play planning poker with a subset
of the team, rather than involving everyone. This isn’t ideal but may be a reasonable option. The
best way to do this is to split the larger team into multiple smaller teams and let each team estimate
a subset of stories. [Cohn, M., 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning. 1st ed. Massachusetts: Pearson
Education. Page 57] [Problem Detection and Resolution]

Question - 5

Q. Your project is halfway through the third iteration. One of the key stakeholders emails a change
request that would make one of the backlog items unwanted by the business. How should you
respond to this change request?

A. Reject any change requests unless they come through the product owner.

B. Work with the product owner to have this item removed from the backlog.

C. Trigger the integrated change control process.

D. Ask the team to remove the item from the backlog.

Answer: B - Since the product owner is ultimately responsible for the product, you need to work
with them to have the item removed from the backlog. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 41]
[Problem Detection and Resolution]

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