Scrum Review

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

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

The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?

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

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.

When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?

All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.

The length of a Sprint should be:

Answer: All of these answers are correct. - Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. - Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. - No more than one calendar month.

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

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

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

Empirical * Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.

True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."

False

True or 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

True or False: 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 the Sprint Review?

It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

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.

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 Developers Scrum Master

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Development Team. Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily Scrum. If the Scrum Master or Product Owner is also on the Development Team, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum. Otherwise, the Scrum Master simply has to make sure the Development Team knows how to conduct a Daily Scrum and does so.

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

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.

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

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

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

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product.

True

The Developers should have all the skills needed to:

Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When is a Sprint over?

When the timebox expires.

Incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?

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