Scrum Open Practice
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework for creating complex products in complex environments
During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items selected?
The Product Owner and the Developers.
When should a Developer on a Scrum Team be replaced?
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
False
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
Its when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
What is the function or purpose of Management in Scrum?
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to encourage organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence and intelligent product delivery
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
They do not need to be there; they only need to ensure the developers has a daily scrum
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
empirical
Scrum has a role called "project manager.
False
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
The Developers
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 Developers should have all the skills needed to:
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into a Increment of useful and valuable product functionality
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
15 minutes
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
When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
False
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.
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The three pillars of empiricism are:
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the scrum team does
A Scrum Team consists of the following:
Product owner Developer Scrum master
The length of a Sprint should be:
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. one month or less.
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Developers
Who is on the Scrum Team?
The Scrum Master The Product Owner Developers
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?
The product Owner
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
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. (Which one the following answers is FALSE?)
The sprint backlog is fully formulated in the sprint planning event and does not change during the sprint.
What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?
10 or fewer
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?
Never. There entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
Which Scrum events are timeboxed?
Sprint Review Sprint Planning Sprint Retrospective
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 15 minute timebox.
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
When does a Sprint conclude?
When the sprint retrospective is complete.
When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item on the Sprint Backlog?
Never. All sprint backlog items are "owned" by the developers on the scrum team
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?
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of scrum may be lost. Management feels less anxious.
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
Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing Scrum Team?
Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team's progress. The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog. The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product.
True
