PSM I/Scrum Open

What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?

1) By facilitating Development Team decisions. 2) By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

What is the recommended size for Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?

3 to 9

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "done?"

All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done"

How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful?

By releasing often, and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) on value after every release and feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog.

Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team?

Development Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master

True or False: The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Product Backlog

False

True or False: When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

False

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.

Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The consistency reduces complexity.

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)

A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason:

There is no acceptable reason. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place.

True

True or False: Scrum does not have a role called "project manager"

True

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.

True

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires.

Which two statements explain why the definition of "Done" is important to the Product Owner?

1) It assure the Increment is reviewed at the Sprint review is usable so the Product Owner may choose to release it. 2) It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.

Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?

1) Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. 2) Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers. 3) Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.

Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the Scrum Guide?

1) Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional scope for the Sprint. 2) The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog. 3) The Development Team members are working within the boundaries of their functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

Empirical

True or False: It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

False

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The three pillars of empirical process control are:

Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation

What is a Product Backlog?

It is a living artifact of product requirements that exists and evolves as long as a product exists.

Must the Product Owner be present at the Sprint Retrospective?

It is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess its performance and improve itself.

When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item?

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member.

Learning turns into 'validated learning' when assumptions and goals can be assessed through results. What is a key way for a Product Owner to apply validated learning?

Release an Increment to the market to learn about the business assumptions built into the product.

Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?

Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?

The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to process into the Product Backlog.

During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?

The Product Owner and the Development Team.

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable?

1) Within the Sprint, the Development Team makes the best decisions to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once he/she is available again. 2) In a permanent state of unavailability, a new Product Owner needs to be appointed. Development efforts without a Product Owner are not employing Scrum.

What is the role of Management in Scrum?

Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.

The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is?

8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

What is the Product Owner accountable for in Scrum?

Clearly expressing a Product Backlog that maximizes value and represents the needs of the stakeholders.

The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.

The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

Whatever is most appropriate for the Product Owner to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value received.

The process of regular inspection and adaptation employs knowledgeable and skilled inspectors. What are the two ways in which the Product Owner takes the lead in the inspection process?

1) At the Sprint Review the . Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog. 2) The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next.

Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

1) Deliver and increment of potentially releasable software. 2) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.

The length of a Sprint should be:

1) Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. 2) Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. 3) No more than one calendar month.

An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?

1) Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. 2) The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. 3) Management may feel less anxious.

True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?

False

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum.

The Development Team finds out during the Sprint that they aren't likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?

Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Development Team to meet the Spring Goal.

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Development Team

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?

The Development Team. As a collective, they have a complete view of the work needed to transform Product Backlog items into Increments of product.

Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

The Product Owner

Who is on the Scrum Team?

The Scrum Master, The Product Owner, The Development Team

The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:

Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.