Agile Flashcards
This approach is based on lean-thinking principles and helps the team stay organized; it keeps team members collaborating and everyone informed:
Kanban method
These types of measurements can provide the team with an understanding of how much more work they have and whether they will finish on time.
Burnup charts, burndown charts, lead time, and cycle time
This ——— defines whether waterfall, iterative, adaptive, agile, or a hybrid development approach will be used on the project.
Development approach
The Agile Manifesto lists four values
- individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- working software over comprehensive documentation
- customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan.
Which of the following are underlying success factors for forming Agile teams? Select 3
Building a foundational trust
Safe working environment
Agile mindset
Building a strong network
Building a foundational trust
Safe working environment
Agile mindset
Which of the following are a type of agile project management methodology primarily used for information technology projects? (Choose two.)
Kaizen
XP
Scrum
Six Sigma
Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP) are agile project management methodologies that are used in the information technology field
In a flow-based agile approach, which of the following questions would you ask at the daily stand-up meeting?
What is needed to advance this task?
What did I accomplish yesterday?
Are there any roadblocks preventing me from doing my work?
Are tasks being worked that are not on the board?
What will I work on today?
In a flow-based approach, this question would ask whether there are bottlenecks or roadblocks in the workflow.
An agile team’s social contract likely addresses which of the following?
Team assignments Group norms Team values Ground rules
team values, working agreements, ground rules, and group norms
Sue leads a PMO that is in the process of shifting the organization from using predictive to more adaptive approaches to delivering project outcomes. During an Agile training session for her organization, a team member asks, “How many people are on a project team?” What response is Sue likely to provide?
10–15.
1–5.
There is no set number.
3–9.
3–9.
You have been assigned a new project and meet with your manager to discuss it further. The PMO organization has been on a journey over the past six months to become an Agile PMO. Your manager shares that the new project should be managed using an adaptive approach to support the direction of the team. He further clarifies that the project will be highly constraint-driven with a strong focus on quality and time and that the executive team expects incremental builds. Which of the following adaptive approaches should you use to manage this project?
Crystal Clear Agile Unified Process Dynamic Systems Development Method Feature Driven Development
DDSM establishes the cost of the project, the quality standards, and the timeframe to completion and, as such, is constraint-driven.
You are a project manager working within a division that recently experienced a reorganization. During a staff meeting, you learn that division leadership announced shifting technology to the cloud as the top strategic priority. You have been managing a project using an Agile approach, and you know this has a direct impact on your project. What are you likely to do next?
Assess the impact to the backlog and refine the backlog with the help of the team
Cancel the project and submit a new project that will properly address the updated scope
Sit down with the sponsor to assess the impact and proceed with the change management process
Meet with division leadership to obtain an exception against going to the cloud
Assess the impact to the backlog and refine the backlog with the help of the team
What questions should a team ask when developing an implementation strategy using an Agile mindset? Select two
- How can the project team act in an Agile manner?
- What work can be avoided in order to focus on high-priority items?
- How can the team finalize clear requirements early?
- How can the team avoid changes to maintain progress against the plan?
- How can the project team act in an Agile manner?
- What can the team deliver quickly and obtain early feedback about to benefit the next delivery cycle?
- How can the team act in a transparent manner?
- What work can be avoided in order to focus on high-priority items?
- How can a servantleadership approach benefit the achievement of the team’s goals?
According to the Agile Manifesto, which of the following should be more highly valued than contract negotiation?
Simplicity
Satisfying the customer using continuous delivery
Customer collaboration
Using motivated individuals to deliver business value
Customer collaboration
An Agile project team builds their schedule by pulling features from the backlog reflected on a task board as capacity to take on work becomes available. In some cases, a feature may take two weeks to complete, while in others, it takes more. What type of delivery method does this describe?
Scrum Waterfall Iteration-based Agile Flow-based Agile
Flow-based Agile - A team using a flow-based agile approach, such as Kanban, focuses on developing prioritized features from the backlog. As capacity opens, the team pulls the next feature from the backlog and shifts it to the next column of the task board. They work on the feature until it is complete and then move on to the next one.
Which of the following predictive project management techniques resembles an agile approach:
Rolling wave planning
Developing the project management plan
Developing the WBS
Earned value analysis
Rolling wave planning resembles agile approaches since it allows the project management team to wait until the deliverables or subcomponents are agreed on, so the details of the WBS can be developed.
You are using an agile project management methodology to deliver business value. During each iteration, you and the team members are breaking down tasks into tangible components that have enough features and functionality to allow the customer to examine value and provide feedback to the team. Which of the following are true regarding this question when using a Scrum methodology? (Choose two.)
- The project team will manage and prioritize the product backlog and choose the user stories for the upcoming iteration that can be broken down to the minimum viable product.
- The product owner will determine whether business value has been achieved.
- You are creating the minimum viable product.
- The Scrum master will assist the team in breaking down the user stories and assign each team member tasks for the upcoming iteration.
The product owner will determine whether business value has been achieved.
You are creating the minimum viable product.
Which of the following agile methodologies are a type of pull system? (Choose two.)
Lean Kanban Scrum Six Sigma XP Kaizen
Scrum and Kanban are considered pull systems because user stories are moved from one point in the process to the next, thereby freeing up space to pull other user stories from the backlog.
Which of the following reflect ideal characteristics of Agile teams? Select 3
Facilitate daily status meetings Dedicated 100 percent to project Range in size from three to nine team members Colocated
Dedicated 100 percent to project
Range in size from three to nine team members
Colocated
This methodology uses an iterative-based Agile approach. It is a single-team framework that is primarily used to manage product development. At the end of each iteration, the team facilitates a meeting to review what went well and ideas for improvement. Which methodology does this describe, and what technique is this question referring to? Select two
Scrum Sprint review Sprint retrospective Kanban
Scrum
Sprint retrospective
Sue is leading the transformation of her PMO from a directive PMO to an Agile PMO. What characteristics is Sue likely to highlight when describing the Agile PMO to the company’s leadership team? Select three
- The Agile PMO is invitation-oriented.
- The Agile PMO is solution-oriented.
- The Agile PMO is value-driven.
- The Agile PMO is multidisciplinary.
The Agile PMO is invitation-oriented.
The Agile PMO is value-driven.
The Agile PMO is multidisciplinary.
You are a lead project manager for a company that develops and manufactures healthcare devices. Your team has recently begun to adopt Agile practices after receiving the directive from the division president. What power type is at play in this scenario?
Legitimate Referent Expert Punishment
Legitimate power, also referred to as formal power, comes about as a result of someone’s position or formal title. In this case, the division president’s directive carries a heavy influence due to her position.
Agile practices promote dedicated team members. When this is not the case, team members must multitask and experience productivity losses. On average, what range of productivity loss occurs?
50 percent to 75 percent 0 percent to 10 percent 15 percent to 30 percent 20 percent to 40 percent
20 percent to 40 percent
You are using an agile approach to deliver business value incrementally. What other elements of business value should you be focused on? (Choose two)
- Examining business value throughout the project
- Discussing business value with the project sponsor, recording it in the project charter, and expecting project team members and stakeholders to refer to this periodically
- Accepting suggestions about delivering incremental business value and ensuring that business value is achieved when the project is complete
- Reporting on business value only at the end of the project
- Examining business value throughout the project
- Accepting suggestions about delivering incremental business value and ensuring that business value is achieved when the project is complete
Which of the following contracts should you use for agile projects that will be priced based on user stories?
Graduated time and materials Fixed-price increments Multitiered structure Dynamic scope
Fixed-price increments are contracts used on agile projects that are based on breaking down the work into user stories, rather than pricing the contract as a whole.