Exam 1 Flashcards
Which two activities could a scrum master and team focus on for the first team breakout session of PI planning?
- Manage the timebox
- Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies
What is one benefit of program increment objective?
They create a near-term focus and vision
While assigning business value, the business owner gives a value of two
to a team PI objectives that they see as more technical in nature. This concerns the team due to the critical nature of the work. What is the best action for the Scrum master to take?
Facilitate an opportunity for a team to explain their perspective of the business value delivered by the objective.
What are inputs of PI planning?
1) Business context
2) Roadmap and vision
3) highest priorities features of ART backlog
What are outputs of PI planning?
1) committed PI obj
2) ART planning board
Cadence and synchronisation help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
The variability in solution development
When looking at a program board at the end of PI planning, what does it
mean when a feature is placed in a team’s swim lane with no strings?
That the feature can be completed by that team independently
What is one characteristic of an Agile team’s Iteration?
Scope changes should be minimized once it starts
A scrum master notices that the team members are not open to
showcasing their work. Which core value would the scrum master
encourage the team to adopt?
Transparency
Which statement is true about the team backlog?
The Product owner is responsible for it.
What is one primary responsibility of a product owner?
To act as the customer for developer questions
What is a characteristic of a SAFe Agile team?
The scrum master and product owner are part of the agile team
Which Agile development concepts leads to faster delivery of business
value?
Continuous improvement
During a retrospective, the team decides to delegate the responsibility of
team to team communication to the scrum master. What are 2 significant
risk this can introduce?
- The scrum master becomes a bottleneck and slows down the flow of
information. - Team loses the opportunity to build relationship with the other team
According to Tuckman’s stages of team dynamics, an agile team that
“respects each other’s opinions and values their differences” is in which
team development stage?
Performing
What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?
To enable the team to improve processes
Scrum Master help remove impediments, foster an environment for high-
performing team dynamics and what else?
Lead team efforts in relentless 不断地improvement
The scrum master is what above all else?
SM最重要的是什么呢
A servant leader
Why does a scrum Master use the powerful questioning technique ?
To guide people to a solution
What is one characteristic of a powerful question?
It prompts reflective thinking
What is an example of Scrum Master servant leader behaviour?
Uses persuasion instead of authority
What is the purpose of the Scrum of Scrums?
Provides visibility into dependencies and program impediments
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
Absence of trust
Which action demonstrates a Scrum Master’s servant leadership?
Supporting healthy conflict during team meetings
Which two agile team events are designed to build and foster high-
performing teams?
Retrospective
Iteration review
What does an effective scrum master help the team with?
Relentless improvement
The scrum master notices the Agile team does not have cross-functional
skills. What could the scrum master do to improve this situation?
Bring the issue to the team and ask for their suggestions
The team has struggled in this iteration to meet their goals, so they want
to cancel the iteration review. Which risk is introduced by cancelling the
iteration review?
The team is unable to incorporate feedback during the next iteration
planning.
How can Scrum master prepare for an Iteration Retrospective?
Collect updated Iteration metrics
Lean flow, as defined as part of the SAFe CALMR approach, is supported
by which SAFe principle?
Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes and mange queue length
What is the primary goal of DevOps in SAFe?
Improve collaboration across the value stream
What is the role of the scrum master in the team backlog refinement
process?
To ensure the team holds the event regularly
A scrum master notices the team is often unable to support maintenance
that arise on an ad hoc basis, even though it was agreed that team would
provide this support. What could the scrum master do?
Suggest the team leave some capacity available when planning the
iteration
What is the goal of the scrum of scrum event?
To review the ART’s progress towards its PI objectives
At the end of the first Iteration, the team finishes User Stories A, B, and
50% of C. The Story sizes are set at these points:Story A = 8 pointsStory
B = 1 pointStory C = 5 pointsStory D = 3 pointsWhat is the team’s
velocity?
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What is considered an anti-pattern for the Iteration retrospective?
Choosing an action item for a another team
During Iteration planning, who defines the acceptance criteria for each
story?
PO
What is the primary purpose of the IP iteration?
Provide opportunity to identify more effective ways of working
During the problem solving workshop, which step comes after identifying
the biggest root-cause using Pareto analysis?
Restate the new problem
What is one anti-pattern that can occur during the IP iteration?
The teams integrate the whole system for the first time
A team regularly achieves 150% of its planned business value. How might
the team adapt for the next PI?
Determine ways to increase the ratio of committed PI Objectives to
uncommitted objectives
