PSM Test Prep

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

When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?

As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.

What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?

By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team. By facilitating Developer decision-making.

Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?

Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product. Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.

The Product Owner is also accountable for

Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal; Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items; Ordering Product Backlog items; and, Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?

Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.

It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

False

The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint Backlog.

False

Product backlog is ordered not prioritized, by the following:

However the PO wants to order them, Business value

At the Sprint Review you inspect____ to adapt____

I: Increment, Sprint, Product Backlog, Product Goal Progress A: Product Backlog

At the Sprint Planning you inspect____ to adapt____

I: Product Backlog, Product Goal A: Sprint Backlog, Sprint Goal

At the Daily Scrum you inspect____ to adapt____

I: Progress towards sprint goal A: Sprint Backlog

At the Sprint Retro you inspect____ to adapt____

I: Sprint, Definition of Done A:Actionable Improvements

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Which Scrum events are timeboxed?

Sprint Review. Sprint Retrospective. Sprint Planning.

Sprint backlog is comprised of:

Sprint goal, plan for delivering spring goal and PB log items, PB log items selected for the sprint

Which event may the scrum team invite other people to attend to provide technical or domain advice?

Sprint planning

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-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent product delivery.

Scrum Master is accountable for:

The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness. They do this by enabling the Scrum Team to improve its practices, within the Scrum framework.

Scrum events are

The Sprint, Daily Scrum, Scrum Planning, Sprint Retro, and Sprint Review

What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

Only devs may change the sprint backlog by adding, updating, and deleting elements of if

True - sprint backlog belongs to the devs

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Developers.

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

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

Timebox for Sprint Planning

8 hours max for one month

Scrum master helps serve the organization by:

Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption; Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization; Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work; and, Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.

Who manages budget and release schedule in scrum team?

PO

Scrum Artifacts

Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Increment

The Increment is the sum of all ____ Items completed during a Sprint and the value of the ______ of all previous Sprints.

Product backlog items, increment

Who is responsible for all product related activities?

Scrum Team

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

Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.

When does a Sprint conclude?

When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.

Topics addressed during spring planning:

Why is this valuable, What can be done, How will the chosen work be completed?

Increment

Work cannot be considered part of an Increment unless it meets the Definition of Done. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint.

Timebox for sprint retro

maximum of three hours for a one-month Sprint

Scrum masters are true leaders who serve

scrum team, PO, organization

Who attends the Sprint Review?

the Scrum Team and key stakeholders invited by the Product Owner

How might non-functional requirements such as security, performance, and availability of the product be handled in scrum?

Product backlog item, test criteria, definition of done

Who creates the Definition of Done?

If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

Factors to consider with regards to the sprint length include

1) Whether or not the ST must integrate their work with other STs 2)How frequently the ST needs to receive feedback from stakeholders at the sprint review 3) Sprint's timebox must be one month or less

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?

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

Scrum Values

Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage

Developers are accountable for:

Creating a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog; Instilling quality by adhering to a Definition of Done; Adapting their plan each day toward the Sprint Goal; and, Holding each other accountable as professionals.

The three pillars of empiricism are:

Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.

The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. FALSE Statement -

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

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

They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.