Kanban for Scrum Teams of Scrum.org Flashcards

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(T/F) Kanban is not complementary to Scrum without changing one or the other

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False

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2
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(T/F) The kanban guide replaces parts of the scrum guide

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False

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3
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The movement of value through the product development system

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Flow

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4
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Scrum is founded on this type of process control

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Empiricism or empirical process control

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5
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(T/F) Kanban practices improve flow through a feedback loop

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True

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6
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Four basic metrics needed for Kanban

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WIP, Cycle Time, Work Item Age, Throughput

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7
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The tenet governing flow

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Little’s Law

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8
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Average cycle time = ? / Average Throughput

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Average work in progress

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9
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(T/F) Lowing WIP will help to shorten cycle times

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True

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10
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What are the four practices of Kanban?

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Visualization of the workflow.

Limit Work in Progress.

Active management of work items in progress.

Inspecting and adapting the team’s definition of workflow.

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11
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Who defines workflow?

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The scrum team

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12
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(T/F) Scope of workflow can span beyond a sprint

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True

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13
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Kanban visualization should include what 5 items?

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Defined points work has started and finished.

A definition of the work items (often PBIs).

A definition of the workflow states.

Explicit policies governing workflows.

Policies for limiting Work in Progress.

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14
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What is the primary effect of limiting WIP?

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It creates a pull system.

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15
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What are benefits of a pull system?

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improves flow

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16
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“Ensuring work items aren’t left to age unnecessarily” is an aspect of what?

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Active management of work items iin progress

17
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(T/F) Work items should be pulled at the same rate as they leave a workflow.

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True

18
Q

What is used to forecast how long it should take a given item to flow from start to finish?

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Service Level Expectation (SLE)

19
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What are 2 parts of SLE?

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Range of elapsed days

Probability associated with the period

20
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What is SLE based upon?

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Historical cycle time

21
Q

Visualization policies are part of what?

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The definition of workflow

22
Q

How we work policies are part of what?

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The definition of workflow

23
Q

What will help you directly address an impediment?

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How we work policies

24
Q

(T/F) scrum teams can only deliver value once per sprint.

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False

25
Q

What aspect of Kanban is used to aid sprint planning capacity?

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flow metrics

26
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What are some things to consider during a daily scrum - 7 items?

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What to do with blocked work items

What work is flowing slower than expected?

What is the Work Item Age of each item in progress?

What work items have violated SLE?

Anything not represented that may our ability to complete work?

Anything new that may change planned to work?

Have we broken our WIP limit?