4: Executing Iterations

Question 1

Stories are meant to be completed in what time frame?

Answer 1

A single Iteration

Question 2

Enabler Stories support what? (EAIC)

Answer 2

Exploration
Architecture
Infrastructure
Compliance
They build the infrastructure & architecture that make User Stories possible.

Question 3

INVEST in a good story stands for what?

Answer 3

Independent
Negotiable
Valuable
Estimable
Small
Testable

Question 4

Name the 10 patterns for splitting Features into Stories & Stories that are too big into smaller ones. (WBMSVDDOUB)

Answer 4

1. Workflow steps
2. Business rule variations
3. Major effort
4. Simple/complex
5. Variations in data
6. Data entry methods
7. Defer system qualities
8. Operations
9. Use case scenarios
   10.Break out a spike

Question 5

What 2 things must be done for a Story to be complete?

Answer 5

1. Acceptance criteria is satisfied
2. PO accepts it as Done (DoD: Definition of Done)

Question 6

Story Maps help teams Design, Manage and Validate what?

Answer 6

Design workflows,
Manage the improvement of the product over time by showing how successive Stories can improve the Solution, and
Validate that the Stories in the backlog support all the steps a user needs to accomplish the objective

Question 7

Who ensures all work is captured in the Team Backlog?

Answer 7

Product Owner

Question 8

Who leads Iteration Planning?

Answer 8

Product Owner

Question 9

Why does Story Sequencing happen & who sequences it?

Answer 9

The PO and team do for efficient Execution of business priorities

Question 10

What is Story Sequencing based on? (SELDC)

Answer 10

Story priorities inherited from ART Backlog priorities,
Events, milestones, releases & other commitments made during PI Planning
Dependencies with other teams,
Local priorities, and
Capacity allocations for defects, maintenance, and refactors

Question 11

A Story Point is a number that represents what? (VCKU)

Answer 11

Volume - how much there is
Complexity - how difficult it is
Knowledge - what we know
Uncertainty - what’s not known

Question 12

Iteration Goals provide clarity, commitment, & management information. What 3 purposes do they serve?

Answer 12

Align team members to a common purpose,
Align teams to common PI Objectives and manage dependencies,
Provide transparency and management information