PSM 1

How long should a Sprint Retrospective be?

3 hrs or less

What is Scrum?

A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value

Is a product owner a person or a committee?

A person, not a committee

How long can a sprint be and what does it produce?

A sprint is a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created.

The scrum master serves the organization by leading and...

And coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption

The scrum master serves the organization by causing what?

Change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team

5 Values in Scrum

Commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect

The scrum master serves the organization by helping who with what development?

Employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development

How are development teams self-organizing?

No one (not even the Scrum Master) tells the Development Team how to turn Product Backlog into Increments of potentially releasable functionality

Who can create the increment?

Only members of the development team

Define the purpose of Scrum events

Prescribed events are used in Scrum to create regularity and to minimize the need for meetings not defined in Scrum

What do Scrum's Artifacts do?

Represent work or value to provide transparency and opportunities for inspection and adaptation

The scrum master serves the development team by facilitating...

Scrum events as requested or needed

The scrum master serves the organization by planning what within the organization?

Scrum implementations within the organization

What is inspection in Scrum?

Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal to detect undesirable variances

What is Transparency in Scrum?

Significant aspects of the process must be visible to those responsible for the outcome.

Small development teams may encounter what constraints?

Skill constraints during the Sprint, causing the Development Team to be unable to deliver a potentially releasable Increment.

Sprints contain and consist of...

Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, the development work, the Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective.

4 Formal Events in Scrum

Sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective

Who are the professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint?

The Development Team delivers the Increment

Who has the authority to cancel a sprint?

The Product Owner

Who attends the sprint review?

The Scrum Team and key stakeholders invited by the Product Owner

What is adaptation in Scrum?

The act of a process or the material being processed being adjusted if not up to quality standards. An adjustment must be made as soon as possible to minimize further deviation.

The structure of the daily scrum is set by who?

The development team decides the structure of the daily scrum

What happens to done product backlog items when a sprint is cancelled?

They are reviewed

How are development teams cross-functional?

They have all the skills as a team necessary to create a product Increment

The development team often meets when after a Daily Scrum?

They meet immediately after the Daily Scrum for detailed discussions, or to adapt, or re-plan, the rest of the Sprint's work.

Three pillars of Scrum are...

Transparency, inspection, adaptation

T/F: A done increment is required at the end of each sprint

True The Increment should be potentially shippable and meet the Definition of Done

What is Sprint Planning?

Where the work to be done during the sprint is planned

The scrum master serves the organization by working with who?

With other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

Can a sprint be cancelled before the sprint time box is over?

Yes, if the sprint goal is no longer relevant

The Scrum Team consists of...

a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master.

Transparency and DoD are related by...

a common definition of "Done". A common language referring to the process must be shared by all participants. Those performing the work and those inspecting the resulting increment must share a common definition of "Done".

Incremental deliveries of a done product ensure...

a potentially useful version of working product is always available.

The result of a sprint review is...

a revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint

The scrum master is what kind of leader for the team?

a servant-leader for the Scrum Team

During sprint planning the scrum team crafts...

a sprint goal

The sprint retrospective occurs...

after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning.

The scrum master serves the product owner by understanding and practicing...

agility

The product backlog lists...

all features, functions, requirements, enhancements, and fixes that constitute the changes to be made to the product in future releases.

Define a sprint goal

an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the Product Backlog, and it provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment

The sprint retrospective is...

an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint

The Product Backlog is...

an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product.

The sprint goal can be...

any other coherence that causes the Development Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives.

Sprints have consistent what?

consistent durations throughout a development effort

During the sprint, quality goals...

do not decrease

Scrum recognizes no sub-teams regardless of...

domains that need to be addressed like testing, architecture, operations, or business analysis;

Scrum is founded on...

empirical process control theory, or empiricism

During the sprint, no changes are made that would...

endanger the Sprint Goal

In a sprint retrospective, it's the scrum master's job to...

ensure the event takes place and the attendees understand its purpose

In a sprint review, the scrum master's job is to...

ensure the event takes place, that everyone understands its purpose, and teaches them how to stay within the time-box.

By the end of sprint planning, the development to should be able to...

explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment

A new sprint starts...

immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The scrum master serves the development team by removing...

impediments to the Development Team's progress

What kind of meeting is a sprint review: Formal or informal?

informal meeting

The development team uses the daily scrum to...

inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

The product backlog is dynamic because...

it constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. If a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists

Daily scrum is held at the same time and place each day because...

it reduces complexity

Scrum employs what kind of approach?

iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk.

How do Scrum teams deliver products?

iteratively and incrementally, maximizing opportunities for feedback.

Once a sprint begins, is the duration fixed?

its duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened

The scrum master teaches the development team to...

keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box.

Empiricism asserts that...

knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.

The scrum master serves the product owner by ensuring the product owner...

knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value

A product backlog is a what kind of artifact?

living artifact

During the sprint, scope...

may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.

In a sprint review, there is a review...

of how the marketplace or potential use of the product might have changed what is the most valuable thing to do next; and, timeline, budget, potential capabilities, and marketplace for the next anticipated releases of functionality or capability of the product.

In a sprint review, the entire group collaborates...

on what to do next, so that the Sprint Review provides valuable input to subsequent Sprint Planning

During the sprint retrospective, the scrum team...

plans ways to increase product quality by improving work processes or adapting the definition of "Done", if appropriate and not in conflict with product or organizational standards

When a sprint is cancelled the product owner may accept items that are...

potentially releasable

The scrum master serves the product owner by understanding...

product planning in an empirical environment

When a sprint is cancelled, all incomplete product backlog items are...

re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog.

The scrum master serves the product owner by facilitating...

scrum events as needed

By the end of the sprint retrospective, the scrum team...

should have identified improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint.

The scrum master serves the product owner by finding...

techniques for effective Product Backlog management

Product Backlog Items often include...

test descriptions that will prove its completeness when "Done."

The scrum master serves the product owner by ensuring...

that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible

In the daily scrum the scrum master ensures...

that if others are present they are not disrupting the meeting

The scrum master serves the development team by guiding...

the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.

The scrum master serves the development team by coaching....

the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality

The scrum master serves the development team by helping...

the Development Team to create high-value products

In the sprint review, the product owner discusses...

the Product Backlog as it stands. He or she projects likely target and delivery dates based on progress to date (if needed)

The scrum master serves the product owner and Scrum Team by helping...

the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items

Sprint planning is created by...

the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team.

Individual team members may have specializations but accountability to delivering the Increment belongs to...

the development team as a whole

The number of items selected from the product backlog is determined by who?

the development team selects the number of items

The daily scrum optimizes...

the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal.

Scrum recognizes no titles regardless of...

the work being performed by the person

In the sprint review, the development team demonstrates...

the work that it has "Done" and answers questions about the Increment

Large development teams generate...

too much complexity for an empirical process to be useful

In the sprint review, the product owner explains...

what Product Backlog items have been "Done" and what has not been "Done"

In the sprint review, the development team discusses...

what went well during the Sprint, what problems it ran into, and how those problems were solved;

The sprint goal gives guidance to the development team on...

why it's building the increment

Product backlog management includes...

• Clearly expressing Product Backlog items • Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions • Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs • Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next, • Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.

The purpose of a sprint retrospective is to...

• Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools; • Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements; and, • Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work

What are Sprint Planning Inputs?

• Product Backlog • the latest product Increment • projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint • past performance of the Development Team.

Three common questions used in the daily scrum...

• What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? • What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? • Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

Product Backlog Attributes are...

• description • order • estimate • value.

Each sprint has a goal of...

• what is to be built • a design • and flexible plan that will guide building it • the work • the resultant product increment