Facilitating Iteration Execution

Question 1

True or False: Iteration planning should last less than 4 hours.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: The Iteration planning event is for and by the team.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

5 steps of Iteration planning:

1) Establish capacity
2) xxxxx
3) Detailing stories
4) Developing Iteration Goals
5) Committing to Iteration Goals

Answer 3

2) Story analysis and estimating

Question 4

Tasks to Establish Capacity:

1Team applies capacity allocation to the Team Backlog
2 Team quantifies capacity to perform work in the upcoming Iteration
3_Each team member determines their availability, acknowledging
time off and other potential duties
4_The ________ in collaboration with the teams select the highest priority backlog items for each ‘slice’ of the capacity allocation to
implement in an Iteration

Answer 4

Product Owner

Question 5

Story analysis and estimating:

1) The ______ ______presents stories in order of priority

Answer 5

1) Product Owner

Question 6

Story analysis and estimating:

Each ______

• Is discussed and analyzed by the team
• Has its acceptance criteria defined and refined
• Is estimated

Answer 6

Story

Question 7

Story analysis and estimating:

The process continues until the estimation
of the Stories has reached the _______ of
the team

Answer 7

Capacity

Question 8

True or False: Many teams break their stories into tasks and forecast them in hours to better understand their capacity and capabilities.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

When tasking stories - _____ _____ discuss:

► Who would be the best person to 
accomplish it? 
► Approximately how long would it 
take? 
► What dependencies might it have to 
other Stories?

Answer 9

Team members

Question 10

3 main purposes of iteration goals:

1) _____ team members to a common purpose
2) Align teams to common Program Increment (Pl)
Objectives and manage dependencies
3) Provide transparency and management information

Answer 10

Align

Question 11

Committing to the Iteration Goals:

______ ________ are not just to do the work. They are committed
to other teams, the program, and the stakeholders.

Answer 11

Team Commitments

Question 12

Committing to the Iteration Goals:

A team meets its committment by doing everything they said they would do or immediately ______ a ______.

Answer 12

Raising a concern

Question 13

True or False: Too much holding to a commitment can lead to

burnout , inflexibility, and quality problems .

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Too little commitment can lead to unpredictability and
lack of focus on results.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

• Maintain a ______

Answer 15

Timebox

Question 16

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

*Ensure that the team commits to the Iteration _______

Answer 16

Goals

Question 17

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

*Verify that the ______ _______ or other managers don’t influence the team to overcommit

Answer 17

Product Owner

Question 18

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

Challenge the team to ________ their previous accomplishments

Answer 18

Exceed

Question 19

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

Ensure that the improvement items from the _______ are put into effect

Answer 19

Retrospective

Question 20

Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)

Ensure time is _______ for technical debt activities

Answer 20

allocated

Question 21

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

*Delving too deep into _______ discussions

Answer 21

Technical

Question 22

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

*__________ is unrealistic

Answer 22

Commitment

Question 23

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

*________ and load are exactly the same

Answer 23

Capacity

Question 24

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

*Scrum Master is more focused on the _______ role
than the facilitator’s role

Answer 24

technical

Question 25

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

The team under commits due to fear of _______

Answer 25

Failure

Question 26

The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)

*No time is reserved for _______ activities

Answer 26

support

Question 27

Communication and synchronization are supported by what to activities:

Answer 27

Daily Stand ups and the meet after agenda

Question 28

Daily Stand Up Anti-patterns:

True or False: Poor DSU’s may be a symptom of a deeper problem that requires a more systematic approach.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Daily Stand Up Anti-patterns:

*Lack of collective code _________

Answer 29

Ownership

Question 30

Daily Stand Up Anti-patterns:

Poor _______ of the team members during the Iteration

Answer 30

collaboration

Question 31

Daily Stand Up Anti-patterns:

_______ verification and integration during the Iteration (e.g., we are working on something, and we think it’s good)

Answer 31

Infrequent

Question 32

Daily Stand Up Anti-patterns:

Perpetual, ________ conflict within the team

Answer 32

unresolved

Question 33

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

*_________ the mid PI re-planning

Answer 33

Facilitate

Question 34

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

*Encourage the _______ to point out as early as possible
if they think they will miss Iteration Goals or Pl
Objectives. Communicate to and from the scrum of
scrums

Answer 34

team

Question 35

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

Encourage the use of ________ practices

Answer 35

Engineering

Question 36

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

Make sure _______ are not pushed to the IP Iteration

Answer 36

defects

Question 37

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

Facilitate _________ for the next PI

Answer 37

preparation

Question 38

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Best Practices):

*Support ________ activities

Answer 38

Release

Question 39

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Anti-Patterns):

*Team gets no _______ from scrum of scrums

Answer 39

Input

Question 40

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Anti-Patterns):

*Teams are unwilling to ______ or add objectives
mid-PI

Answer 40

change

Question 41

Scrum master role in Tracking iteration progress (Anti-Patterns):

*Scrum Master does all the synchronization, so the
team is _________ of doing it themselves

Answer 41

incapable