PSM 1
What comprises Scrum?
- Artifacts - Events - Roles - Rules
What does Product Backlog management include?
- 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.
How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team?
- Coaching is self-organization and cross-functionality - Helps to create high-value products - Removing impediments to the team's progress - Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed. - Coaching in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.
What should be taken into account for the Definition of "Done"?
- Conventions, standards and guidelines of the Organization - Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on the same Product
What is the purpose of the retrospective?
- Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work - Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements - Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools
Where can Scrum be used?
- Development of software and hardware - Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies - Development of products and enhancements - Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments - Managing the operation of an organization - Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities
How does Definition of "Done" help the Scrum Team?
- Ensures artifact transparency -Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning - Used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment
How does the Scrum Master serve the Product Owner?
- Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible. - Finding technique for effective Product Backlog Management - Helping the Scrum Teams understand the need for clear and concise product Backlog items - Understanding product planning in an empirical environment - Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value. - Understanding and practicing agility - Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner?
- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed - Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management - Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers?
- How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved? - What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?
What are Product Backlog features?
- It is never complete - As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists - It is dynamic
How does the Scrum Master serve the Organization?
- Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption - Planning Scrum implementations within the organization - Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development - Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team - Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum within the organization
What happens during the Sprint?
- No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal; - Quality goals do not decrease - Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.
What does Product Backlog management include?
- 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 - Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?
- Product Marketplace Expert - Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement - Product Value Maximizer
What does a SCRUM team consist of?
- Product Owner - Scrum Master - Development Team
What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize?
- Productivity - Creativity - Flexibility
How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team?
- Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress - Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality - Helping the Development Team to create high-value products
What is the order of Scrum Events?
- Sprint Planning - Daily Scrum - Sprint Review - Spring Retrospective
What are the 4 formal events for inspection and adaptation?
- Sprint Planning - Daily Scrum - Sprint Review - Sprint Retrospective
What is the input to the Sprint Planning?
- The Product Backlog - The latest product Increment - Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint - Past performance of the Development Team
Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog?
- The Product Owner - The Development Team, but with permission of the Product Owner
Who participates in the Sprint Planning?
- The Product Owner - The Scrum Master - The Development Team
What two meetings are people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.
- The Sprint Planning - The Sprint Review
What are the characteristics of the Development Team?
- self-organizing - cross-functional - no titles - no sub-teams - all are accountable
How big should the Development Team be?
3-9 members
What does a Scrum Team consist of?
A Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master.
What is Scrum?
A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products of the highest possible value.
What is Scrum?
A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products.
What is the result of the Sprint Review?
A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint
What is the essence of Scrum?
A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive
If an inspector determines that one or more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits, when must an adjustment be made?
As soon as possible to minimize further deviation
How should the Product Owner forecast the completion date?
By any method they find appropriate.
How does the Scrum Master promote and support Scrum?
By helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.
What are the Scrum values?
Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, and Respect
What are the five Scrum values?
Commitment, Respect, Openness, Courage, Focus
What does the word "development" mean in the context of Scrum?
Complex work that can include all the suggested options and even more
Scrum is founded on
Empiricism
What does time-boxed mean?
Every events has a maximum duration
What type of test should be done during the Sprint?
Every type of test
True or False: All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.
False
True or False: Scrum does not allow additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum.
False
True or False: Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for a particular project.
False
True of False: Definition of "Done" is created during the first Sprint and remains unchanged until the Product release.
False.
True or False: It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.
False.
True or False: The Daily Scrum time-box depends on the size of the Development team.
False.
How frequently should scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal?
Frequently, but it should not get in the way of the work
What does Cone of Uncertainty show?
How much is known about the Product over time
What does Burn-down Chart show?
How much work remains till the end of the Sprint
What does the adaptation pillar state?
If an inspector determines that one of more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits, and that the resulting product will be unacceptable, the process must be adjusted.
When does a new Sprint start?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
What are the three pillars that uphold Scrum?
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
What is the Sprint Retrospective?
It is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint
• What is the team model in Scrum designed to do?
It is designed to optimize flexibility, creativity, and productivity.
How do Scrum Teams deliver products?
Iteratively and incrementally.
What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?
Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom
The Development Team is ready to start the first Sprint, but the Product Backlog is not ready yet. What should the Product Owner do?
Let the team start the first Sprint, and continue refining the Product Backlog
At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do?
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement
What is the Product Owner responsible for?
Maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team.
What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume?
Not more than 10%
What does the Development Team consist of?
Professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint.
What is the Scrum Master responsible for?
Promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.
What does transparency require?
Significant aspects of the process be defined by a common standard so observers share a common understanding of what is being seen.
What does the Inspection pillar state?
That Scrum users must frequently inspect Scrum artifacts and process toward a Spring Goal to detect undesirable variances.
Who creates the increment?
The Development Team
Who is allowed to change the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?
The Development Team
Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for creation of the Definition of "Done"?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?
The Development Team
What could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product?
The Product Backlog
What are the Scrum Artifacts?
The Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
If someone wants to change a Product Backlog item's priority, who must the address?
The Product Owner
Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?
The Product Owner
Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
Who is responsible for monitoring progress toward Goals?
The Product Owner
Who participates in the Sprint Review?
The Product Owner, Key Stakeholders, the Development Team, the Scrum Master
Who is responsible for the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner.
Who is responsible for coping with incomplete artifact transparency?
The Scrum Master
Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum?
The Scrum Master
Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?
The Scrum Team
What belongs solely to the Development Team?
The Sprint Backlog
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?
The Sprint Goal
In which meetings the Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate?
The Sprint Review
What is the Increment?
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints
Why are prescribed events used in Scrum?
To create regularity and to minimize the need for meetings not defined in Scrum
True of False: Scaled Scrum is one that conforms to Scrum and uses more than one team for one or more Sprints.
True
True or False: All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.
True
True or False: Other people than the Scrum Team can attend the Sprint Planning in order to provide technical or domain advice.
True
True or False: Some items in Sprint Backlogs are not directly about the features and functions of the product.:
True
True or False: The Development Team 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.
True
What are the three questions the Scrum Guide gives as an example that can be used at the Daily Scrum?
What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Were there any impediments?
When are inspections most beneficial?
When diligently performed by skilled inspectors at the point of work.
Can the Definition of Done can be reviewed and adapted during each Sprint Retrospective
Yes
Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?
Yes
Could the Sprint Planning be finished if only work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed to units of one day or less?
Yes, if the remaining work is also estimated, maybe in bigger units
What is a Sprint?
a time-boxed event of 30 days, or less, that serves as a container for the other Scrum events and activities. They are done consecutively, without intermediate gaps.
Complete the sentence: Scrum Teams are self-____________ and cross-_________.
organizing, functional
Finish the sentence: The Scrum Master is a ________________ for the Scrum Team.
servant-leader
What is the Sprint Backlog?
the Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them
