Supporting Agile Team Performance Flashcards

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Identify different levels of planning in Agile.

  • strategic planning
  • product roadmap
  • product vision
  • iteration planning
  • weekly planning
  • release planning
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  • product vision
  • product roadmap
  • iteration planning
  • release planning
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Which statements about Sprint Backlog are correct?

  • It is a subset of the product backlog
  • It represents the goal of the team
  • It is a superset of the product backlog
  • The user stories can be added or deleted during the Sprint
  • It is owned by the development team
  • It includes user stories converted into tasks
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  • It is a subset of the product backlog
  • It represents the goal of the team
  • It is owned by the development team
  • It includes user stories converted into tasks
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What happens in a Sprint Retrospective meeting?

  • The Scrum Team evaluates what went well in the last Sprint
  • Team members evaluate areas of improvement in people, processes, and tools
  • Team members plan improvement for the next Sprint
  • The Scrum Team evaluates what went wrong in the last Sprint
  • The development team estimates backlog items
  • The Scrum Master performs root cause analysis for failures
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  • The Scrum Team evaluates what went well in the last Sprint
  • Team members evaluate areas of improvement in people, processes, and tools
  • Team members plan improvement for the next Sprint
  • The Scrum Team evaluates what went wrong in the last Sprint
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Identify the values of the Agile Manifesto.

  • Responding to change over following a plan
  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  • Working software over comprehensive documentation
  • Customer collaboration over comprehensive documentation
  • Working software over following a plan
  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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  • Responding to change over following a plan
  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  • Working software over comprehensive documentation
  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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What happens in a Sprint Planning meeting?

  • The team estimates the work
  • The team commits to a set of deliverables for the Sprint
  • The team decomposes stories into tasks
  • The Scrum Master estimates the work
  • The product owner presents the backlog
  • The product owner sets the definition of done
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  • The team estimates the work
  • The team commits to a set of deliverables for the Sprint
  • The team decomposes stories into tasks
  • The product owner presents the backlog
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What are the activities of a Sprint Review meeting?

  • The development team demos the product to the product owner
  • The goal for the next Sprint is committed
  • The team and product owner adapt the product backlog
  • The stakeholders provide feedback
  • The product increment is planned
  • The product owner inspects the deliverables
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  • The development team demos the product to the product owner
  • The team and product owner adapt the product backlog
  • The stakeholders provide feedback
  • The product owner inspects the deliverables
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What are the characteristics of a user story?

  • It follows INVEST criteria
  • It’s written with the user’s perspective
  • It uses personas to focus on expected value
  • It includes a short description
  • It is written by end users
  • it takes two iterations to complete
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  • It follows INVEST criteria
  • It’s written with the user’s perspective
  • It uses personas to focus on expected value
  • It includes a short description
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What are the different roles recommended in the Scrum Framework?

  • product owner
  • project manager
  • program manager
  • release train engineer
  • scrum master
  • development team
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  • product owner
  • scrum master
  • development team
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Sequence the Scrum ceremonies in the order they’re performed during a Sprint.

  • Daily scrums
  • Sprint retrospective
  • Sprint review
  • Sprint planning
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  • Sprint planning
  • Daily scrums
  • Sprint review
  • Sprint retrospective
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What are characteristics of a product backlog?

  • items are added or removed
  • No changes are allowed
  • It’s owned by the product owner
  • It’s always changing
  • It contains tasks
  • It’s prioritized often
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  • items are added or removed
  • It’s owned by the product owner
  • It’s always changing
  • It’s prioritized often
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Identify components of guidelines used for defining stories.

  • Testable
  • Valuable
  • Independent
  • Small
  • Non-negotiable
  • Energized
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  • Testable
  • Valuable
  • Independent
  • Small
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What are the different levels of planning in Agile?

  • product roadmap
  • product vision
  • release planning
  • team planning
  • daily planning
  • weekly planning
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  • product roadmap
  • product vision
  • release planning
  • daily planning
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Identify characteristics of the Daily Scrum.

  • The product manager is assigned
  • The QA manager is consulted
  • It happens in front of Kanban board
  • The burndown or burnup chart is referred to
  • The Scrum Team participates
  • The Scrum Master collects inputs for the Scrum of Scrums meeting
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  • It happens in front of Kanban board
  • The burndown or burnup chart is referred to
  • The Scrum Team participates
  • The Scrum Master collects inputs for the Scrum of Scrums meeting
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Identify activities of a Sprint Review meeting.

  • Stakeholders provide feedback
  • Development team demos the product for the product owner
  • Sprint goal for next Sprint is committed
  • Product owner inspects deliverables
  • Product increment is planned
  • Team and product owner adapt product backlog
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  • Stakeholders provide feedback
  • Development team demos the product for the product owner
  • Product owner inspects deliverables
  • Team and product owner adapt product backlog
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What methodologies are used by Agile teams?

  • Feature-driven development
  • Kanban
  • Diamond
  • Waterfall
  • Extreme programming
  • Scrum
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  • Kanban
  • Scrum
  • Extreme programming
  • Feature-driven development
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Identify the different components and characteristics of a Scrum framework.

  • ceremonies
  • prioritized backlog
  • finished work
  • six-week sprints
  • burndown charts
  • changes during sprint
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  • ceremonies
  • prioritized backlog
  • finished work
  • burndown charts