agile planning, problem resolution

What is it call when during a brainstorming session everyone agrees with the consultant that is the highest-paid person in the room? Bandwagon effect HIPPO Groupthink Normal methods

HIPPO (HIghest-Paid Person's Opinion) decision making is when people agree with the highest paid person.

What is it call when the time it takes to complete a given task is estimated as if there were no interruptions or unplanned events? Free time Clear estimation Ideal time Lead time

Ideal time refers to the time it takes to complete a given task assuming zero interruptions or unplanned problems.

Retrospectives is a time box activity that should take no more than? Three hours Two hours Five hours One day

2 hours

What would be the cycle time a feature be if it requires 50 points of work and the team can complete 10 points per day? 500 Days 5 Days 50 Days .5 Days

5 days Cycle time is equal to work in progress divided by throughput. In this scenario it would be 50÷10= 5 days.

The project team has alerted the agile project manager that the impact of the risks who cost the project approximately $10,000 and the probability of it occurring is 10%. What should the agile project manager calculate the expected value of this risks? $10,000 $100,000 $1,000 $100

1,000 To calculate the expected monetary value, you must multiply impact X probability. In this scenario it would be $100,000 multiply 10% = $1,000.

What is the agile meeting call when the team looks at possible things that can cause the failure of a project in the future? Standup meeting Sprint planning meeting Pre-mortems Sprint review meeting

A project Pre-Mortems is a team meeting that looks at possible things that can cause failure during the project before they take place.

What tool can the agile team used to show the risks severity over time on a project? Risks Burnup Chart Risks Burndown Chart Risks Severity Chart Risk Management Chart

A risk burndown chart will show the risks severity over time.

The project team has met with the customers to discuss all of the different responses that has been made about the potential risk on the project. What should the customers do next? Fund the responses Congratulate the team members Request proof of responses in their effectiveness Adjust the product backlog for risks

Adjust the product backlog for risks Once the risk assessment and response process has been completed, the product backlog should be adjusted to reflect the potential risk on the project.

Over the course of one iteration, the agile project manager has noticed an issue that may affect the product. What should the agile project manager do? Research methods to resolve the issue immediately Ask the project team for help Analyze the product to understand the potential impact Ask the stakeholders to remove that feature

Ask the project team for help On an agile project, problems should be solved by engaging the project team as their solutions are more practical.

What agile method would allow stakeholders to write the most valuable features of a particular product? Estimated Prioritizing features Prune the product treat Design the product box

Design the product box is an agile method that would have stakeholders write the most valuable features on the front and the back of a product box.

While working on a complex product development, they are quite a few issues that has needed to production and was sold to customers. These are called? Errors Issues Risks Escaped defects

Escaped defects are defects that make it to the customers.

Which of the following would not be a success strategy on an agile project? Watch and listen Retain the best talent Invent rather than research Get feedback

Invent rather than research is known to be a failure mode, not a success strategy.

Kaizen is a Japanese word that means? Continuous improvement Quality improvement Product improvement People improvement

Kaizen is a Japanese word that means process for continuous improvement.

As an agile project progresses the cost of incorporating changes into the product will? Decrease over time Increase over time Will not change over time Will be dependent on the project team over time

On agile projects the cost of changes will increased over time.

After six iteration there is a big backlog of cold and work that needs cleanup. What is this often referred to as? Bad coding practice Technical debt Coding debt Refactoring

Technical debt is backlog of work caused by not doing regular cleanup of codes.

In the Fibonacci sequence what comes after the number 5? 13 21 8 7

The Fibonacci sequence is used to assign points to stories as a relative scale. Financial sequencer numbers of 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.

In the agile improvement process what comes after develop? Learn Plan Evaluate Do

The agile improvement process is plan, develop, evaluate, and learn.

Which of the following is not one of the three C's about user stories Card Confirmation Conversation Conformance

The three C's of user stories the card, conversation, and confirmation. not conformance

When writing a user story it should contain the user type need and? Objective Value Requirements Costs

The user story should contain the user type, want/need, and the value.

A retrospective should be done? After each iteration After each release Before each iteration Before each release

after each iteration A retrospective is meeting that lasts about two hours that should take place after each retrospective.

The project team would like to investigate whether this new software can help reduce bugs in a new coded language. What should the project team do? Conduct an iteration Conduct an architectural spike Conduct a risk-based spike Informed the stakeholders

c. A risk-based spike is when the team investigates whether a new method, process, or tool will reduce or eliminate risks.

When decomposing requirements epics are decomposed to? Tasks Stories Work Features

features When decomposing requirements epics are decomposed to features, features are decomposed to stories, and stories are decomposed to tasks.

________ time is how long something takes to go through the entire process. Lead Cycle State Ideal

lead time is how long something takes to go through the entire process.

What should the project team do after creating the first value stream map? Develop a plan to implement fixes Create a new map with the desired improvement Display the stakeholders Review to find waste

review to find waste After the project team has created the first value stream map they should then analyze it fine waste in the current process. Then they can create a new map with the desired improvements.

Which of the following drives the need to re-plan agile projects? Uncertainty Lack of team understanding Lack of team commitment Lack of stakeholder commitment

uncertainty Due to the uncertainty of the scope on an agile project and constant changes agile projects will be in a constant state of re-planning.