Exam guide

What occurs when a sprint is cancelled?

-Any and all finsished and "Done" Product backlog items are reviewed -If part of the work is potentially releasable, the scrum owner will accept -The incomplete product backlog items are re-adjusted and placed in the product backlog again

Scrum team must have the required talent to:

-Convert the product backlog items into an increment based on their usefulness and value for the product functionality.

4 agile Frameworks:

-Scrum -Kanban -XP -Krystal

6th agile principle

-convey information via face-to-face

Agile cons:

-each team member must be fully committed -customers can become too involved and give too much feedback which can lead to a failed product

9th agile principle

-give continuous attention to technical excellence and attention to detail

8th agile principle

-maintain a constant pace indefinitely

What is a Sprint Review?

-meetings held at the end of a sprint to present the product worked on in that sprint to key stakeholders and get their feedback. -The Product Owner explains how much of the sprint goal they were able to accomplish. -typically takes 4 hours

What is lean Thinking?

-removing anything that does not provide value to the customer

What are the 3 requirements for a self-organized team?

-requires constraints -requires a clear goal -requires competency

1st Agile Principle

-satisfy the customer through early and continuos delivery

12th agile principle

-team retrospective and tune behavior

2nd Agile Principle

-welcome changing requirements, even late in development

When to use agile approach?

-when working with organic systems that are unpredictable

When to use Waterfall approach?

-when you have the answer to the problem -when something is predictable

7th agile principle

-working software is the primary measurement of progress

What is the timebox for a retro session?

1 hour

Attributes:

1. Description 2. Order 3. Estimated 4. Value

Can anyone facilitate the Retro?

Anyone can facilitate

When should developers on a scrum team be replaced?

As needed

What is the set order of the of items in the product backlog?

Less valuable items at the bottom, and most unclear items on the bottoms as well.

Are the daily scrum time boxes based on the size of the scrum team?

No

Can a Sprint goal change once it is created?

No

If an increment does not meet the D.O.D, can it be presented in the sprint review, or released?

No

Is a burndown chart part of scrum?

No

Do Developer ever become sole owners of a PBI?

No, never

Is the Product owner responsible for the product backlog?

No, they are ACCOUNTABLE

Who is required to attend the daily Scrum?

Only the developers

After what meeting does a sprint end?

Retro

When does the sprint start:

Right before the sprint planning

Who creates the Definition of Done

The Scrum Team

True or False: Developers, Scrum Masters, and Product owners all participate in the sprint planning process?

True

True or False: Scrum is a process and technique?

True

True or false: Product backlog is an ordered list of everything that we currently know, and is constantly changing

True

True or false: Scope can change and be negotiated

True

True or false: Sprint planning is the beginning stage of a project?

True

True or false: The sprint planning process can take up to 8 hours in a month?

True

Can the Definition of Done can be reviewed and adapted during each Sprint Retrospective

Yes

sprint:

fixed period of time

10th agile principle

simplify...maximize the amt of work not done

What are the 5 main scrum events?

sprint, Sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and retro

4th Agile Principle

stakeholders and developers work together daily

Scaled Scrum

taking a single process or product and expanding it so it can be implemented and done by a team to reduce the workload and increase efficiency.

What is the max time limit that a daily scrum should be?

-15 min

What is a self organized team?

-Finds their own work and manage their own responsibilities and timeliness

Concerning Definitions of Done, what should be considered (Choose all that apply):

-Guidelines, Conventions, and standards implemented by the organization -Definition of Done concerning other scrum teams that are working on the same project.

What is empiricism?

-Learning from physical and environmental experience. Ex. shortcuts to class -inspecting and adapting based on evidence

Waterfall Pros

-Less risk, because lots of planning in the beginning

Waterfall approach?

-Linear approach, in which one step has to be completed before the next step can be started

Waterfall Cons:

-No adaptability -slower product release -not cross functional -no customer feedback

Stacey Matrix

-Simple: (Mechanical/waterfall) -Complicated: (Mechanical/waterfall) needs an expert, but uses predictable approach -Complex: (organic system)(power outage) requires expertise but uses an adaptive, empirical approach (agile) -Chaotic: (organic system)(tsunami) requires immediate response

sprints can be cancelled if:

-The sprint goal becomes obsolete

Agile Pros:

-ability to make changes based on customer feedback -faster product releases -customers feel sense of ownership in product

Agile approach:

-adaptive, iterative approach of improving the software/product based on customer feedback -uses incremental, continuous delivery, and has cross-functional teams

5th agile principle

-build projects around motivated individuals

3rd Agile Principle

-deliver working software frequently

What is the timebox for sprint review per sprint

1 hour

What is the maximum length of a sprint

1 month

Types:

1. Feature 2. Tasks 3. Function 4. Bug 5. Risk

4 Foundational Values:

1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation. 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. 4. Responding to change over following the plan.

outputs of sprint planning?

1. Plan 2. Sprint goal 3. High level design

3 Scrum Artifacts with their commitments

1. Product Backlog. (product goal) 2. Sprint Backlog. (sprint goal) 3. product increments. (definition of done)

What are inputs in the sprint planning phase?

1. The most recent product increment, 2. the capacity of developers 3. D.O.D 4.retrospective action item 5. past performance

the 3 pillars of scrum:

1. Transparency 2. Inspection 3. Adaption

The three questions for daily scrum?

1. What did they do yesterday? 2. How are they coming along in the project? 3. Do they see any impediments in the near future?

the 5 main key values of scrum:

1. commitment 2. courage 3. focus 4. openness 5. respect

What is the timebox for sprint planning per week?

2 hours

What does the sprint contain?

3-5-3

Scrum definition:

A lightweight framework that helps organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex and chaotic problems

Definition of done:

A shared understanding of expectations that the Increment must live up to in order to be releasable into production. Managed by the Development Team.

What is a team?

A team is a group of individuals or organizations that work together towards a common goal.

Who has the final decision on the amt of work they complete in the sprint planning process?

Development team

True or false: If an item cannot be completed in the sprint backlog by the end of the sprint, then it must be cancelled

False

True or false: Product backlog contains only functional requirements for the software?

False

True or false: The scrum master conducts the meeting for the daily scrum?

False

True or false: Quality goals stay the same

False, they can improve

True or False: Are user stories part of Scrum?

False, they derive from XP

Daily Scrum

Forum for developers to discuss their progress towards the sprint goal

If the CEO requests that the developers add an important item to a sprint. What must the developers do?

Inform the other team members to decide what to do

When does refining occur?

It is constantly occurring throughout the whole sprint?

Once the sprint is started, who is able to add or remove items from the sprint backlog?

Only the developers

What does a sprint goal provide you with?

Options (in order to have options, there must be no soultion in the statement

What do you call items that live in the product backlog?

PBI's (Product backlog items)

Who creates the product goal?

Product owner

Who is in charge of the product backlog?

Product owner

Who is responsible for making the product backlog?

Product owner

Who is the only one can stop a sprint?

Product owner

Specialist vs. Generalist

Specialized: Architect, UX, DBA General: Front end, Tester, etc...

What is the Scope in the sprint backlog called?

Sprint backlog

What is used by teams to decrease the amt of time that it would take to complete a project?

Timeboxing

True or false: The product owner should know more about the progress concerning project objective and release. Furthermore the product owner must be able to come up with clear and transparent solutions?

True

True or false: User stories are incorporated into the sprint during the planning process?

True

True or false: You are not allowed to change the sprint backlog?

True

True or false: in scrum, you can change the scope? (flexible)

True

True or false: the developers change the product backlog with the collaboration from the product owner?

True

True or False: There is no architect role in scrum?

True, there is no architect role, there is only developers

The product backlog is ordered by:

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

When can a sprint be cancelled?

When the sprint goal becomes obsolete

3 questions for sprint planning?

Why is this sprint valuable? What can be done during this sprint? How will the chosen work get done?

The sprint backlog has 3 parts to it, what are they?

Why, What, and how?

Do Scrum Teams need to have the same sprint length if they are working in the same product?

Yes

Do Scrum masters have to make sure that the meeting occurs?

Yes

Does a product increment always have to be released to production?

Yes

If a ceremony is completed earlier than the scheduled timebox can you end the meeting early?

Yes

Timeboxes:

a period of time which we do not exceed but can end early

cross-functional team

a team composed of employees from different functional areas of the organization

Backlog refinement

adding detail, order and sizing to the product backlog

Who is accountable for quality product increments?

developers

who creates the increments?

developers

what process bring empricism to life?

empirical control process

Scrum master roles:

keep timebox, explain the purpose, and keep it productive

what is the min/max number of people that can be in a scrum team?

no less than 3, no more than 10 people

Are sprints, timeboxes?

no, because you cannot end it early

What is the work completed by the end of a sprint called?

product increments

What is Scrum based on: (choose all) a. System b. Rules c. events d. artifacts

rules, events and artifacts

11th agile principle

teams self-organize and are disciplined

Why does scrum use both incremental and iterative strategies?

to increase predictability and mitigate risk

True or false: The work done by developers must originally come from the backlog?

true

If there are multiple scrum teams working on the same project, will they share the same product backlog?

yes

Is scrum team cross functional?

yes