Building an Agile Team

Question 1

Define ‘T-Shaped’ Skills

Answer 1

A person with high breadth of knowledge in a particular area (Horizontal in T) but also strong breadth of knowledge over other areas (Vertical in T)

Question 2

When a person has a broad depth of skills in a particular area but also has good knowledge over remaining areas within a Team, they have WHAT kind of Skills?

Answer 2

‘T-Shaped’ Skills

Question 3

Name the two (2) kind of Value Streams

Answer 3

1. Operational Value streams
2. Development Value streams

Question 4

What is an Operational Value Stream?

Answer 4

Are tied to a ‘Value Driver’; an example, the VDI Value Stream represents the team enabling the VDI business functionality and is end-user focused. Operational Value Streams rely on development value streams

Question 5

What is a Development Value Stream?

Answer 5

A value stream which builds/operates systems enabling an operational value stream. May be internal facing or customer facing Development Value streams enable Operational Value streams

Question 6

What is a Feature Team?

Answer 6

T-Shaped skills; organized around functionality, minimizing dependencies and typically have the fastest velocity

Question 7

What is a ‘Component Team’

Answer 7

High re-use, high technical team; often focused around small individual specialized components

Question 8

Which of the following are responsibility of the Scrum Master (choose 2) :

1. Attends the Scrum of Scrums meeting
2. Defines Stories
3. Helps team operate under archietctural and portfolio governance
4. Ensures items have ‘Definition of Done’
5. Removes internal/external dependencies

Answer 8

1 Attends the Scrum of Scrums meeting

5 Removes Internal/External Dependencies

Bonus; The other responsibilities belong to the Product Owner

Question 9

Which of the following are responsibilities of the Product Owner (choose 3):

1. Facilitiate Meetings
2. Ensure Accuracy of Definition of Done
3. Participate in Product Management & Backlog Refinement Meetings
4. Define/Accept Stories
5. Estimate Story Points

Answer 9

1. Ensure Accuracy of Definition of Done
2. Particiapte in Product Management & Backlog Refinement Meetings
3. Define/Accept Stories