Agile Foundations Flashcards
What is a common mistake teams make when trying to use an agile approach?
a. short-term planning
b. focusing on eliminating work
c. looking at how teams work together
d. asking tough questions
b. focusing on eliminating work
You are part of an agile team that is working within a cone of uncertainty. What mindset does an agile team have in this situation?
a. Plan the work and work the plan
b. Find the balance between making minimum # of decisions but still enough to get started
c Make all your decisions up front so you know what to expect at the end.
b. Find the balance between making minimum # of decisions but still enough to get started
Which agile principle is about reflecting on work and behavior?
Principle 12
Which agile mindset is favoured over process and tools?
individuals and interactions
Principle 3 in the agile manifesto suggests we should deliver in a shorter time scale. What would an agile team try to eliminate to achieve this goal?
a. Short-term planning
b. All planning
c. Sprint Planning
d. Long-term planning
d. Long-term planning
You want your team to embrace an agile mindset while multitasking. What is a general rule for an agile team to follow in avoiding context switching?
Focus on a limited set of high-value tasks.
The most productive way for an agile team to work is by moving around small batches of work. What is the result of this technique?
a. Increase in individual productivity
b. The team maintains handoffs.
c. The quality of the work increases.
d. Overall team productivity increases.
d. Overall team productivity increases.
Your agile team needs to be able to verify that they are working on the highest-value features. Which type of tool would they use?
a. Decision Flowchart
b. Task Board
c. Sprint Review
d. Control Chart
b. Task Board
The scrum master and the PO listen in on the agile development team as they discuss what they have done, what they will be doing, and which impediments they may have in reaching the sprint goal. In which of the following would this occur?
a. sprint planning meeting
b. daily scrum
c. sprint review
d. spring retrospective
b. daily scrum
This is the event where the PO and the development team share and ask questions about an upcoming sprint.
Fitness is to Running as
_______ is to ________
in the agile mindset.
Fitness is to Running as
Agile is to Scrum or other agile frameworks
in the agile mindset.
Scrum is an _________ __________ ________ framework.
Scrum is an Empirical Process Control framework.
If you want to incorporate a methodology for inspecting and adapting, which agile framework would you likely use?
TQM
Kanban
Extreme Programming (XP)
Scrum
Scrum
