Lesson 11: Coaching the ART Execution (4 questions)

Question 1

What are some opportunities for coaching Agile and Agile teams (when?)

Answer 1

Any of the team activities and events. Such as:

Iteration planning – refine and adjust initial iteration plans developed during PI Planning

Backlog refinement– refine and adjust the scope and definition of user stories defined during PI Planning

Team Syncs – to help the team stay aligned on progress toward iteration goals, raise impediments, and get help

Iteration Reviews and System demos – to get feedback from stakeholders and assess progress toward PI Objectives

Iteration Retrospectives – to review team practices and identify ways to improve

Coach Sync, PO Sync, and ART Sync – to maintain alignment and resolve issues with other teams on the ART

Team Assessments – facilitate the Team and Technical Agility assessment and help the team add improvement work into the team backlog based on the results.

Question 2

What are the three parts of Inspect and Adapt event?

Answer 2

1. The PI System Demo
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurements
3. Problem Solving Workshops (includes retrospective)

Question 3

Who should attend I&A event?

Answer 3

Business owners,
ART Stakeholders,
Product Management,
RTE & Scrum masters
Teams

Question 4

How long is an I&A event

Answer 4

3 to 4 hours

Question 5

Who typically leads the PI System Demo?
a) Product Management
b) PO
c) System Team
d) All the above

Answer 5

d) all the above

Question 6

How long is the PI System Demo?

Answer 6

45-60 minutes

Question 7

When are the established PI objective evaluated/scored (actuals)?

Answer 7

Before or as part of the PI system demo, Business Owners collaborate with each Agile Team to score the actual business value achieved for each of their Team PI Objectives.

Question 8

True or False?
With respect to PI Planning objectives, the planned total does not include uncommitted objective points?

Answer 8

True. The planned total does not include uncommitted objective points

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Question 9

True or False?
With respect to PI Planning objectives, the actual total does not include uncommitted objectives?

Answer 9

False.
Actual total includes uncommitted objectives

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Question 10

True or False?
With respect to PI Planning objectives, the effort required for uncomitted objectives is included in the load?

Answer 10

true

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Question 11

What are the steps associated with ‘root cause analysis’

HINT: 6 steps

Answer 11

1. Agree on the problem to solve by succinctly articulating the problem (address the what, when, where of the problem and include the impact of the problem).
2. Perform root-cause analysis addressing the 5 whys for each potential root cause.
3. Identify the biggest root cause using Pareto analysis
4. Restate the new problem to address and inlcude the root cause and impact
5. Brainstorm potenial solutions
6. Identify improvement backlog items.

Question 12

The anatomy of a well defined problem includes these things?

Answer 12

What
When
Where
Impact

Question 13

Also known as the 80/20 rule,
the < blank > < blank> is a statistical
decision technique used to narrow
down the number of actions that
produce the most significant
overall effect
► It uses the principle that 20%
of root causes can cause 80%
of problem

Answer 13

Pareto analysis

Question 14

The following SAFE artifacts can be found where?
► Inspect & Adapt Event template
► ART Performance Metrics spreadsheet
► ART Predictability Measure spreadsheet
► Self-Assessments and Metrics resources

Answer 14

PI Execution Toolkit