Agile Practice Questions

A cultural event project has distinct work packages of varying durations comprised of tasks which cannot be predictably scheduled.What agile approach would be appropriate in this case? Select one: a. Incremental b. Predictive c. Flow-based d. Extreme Clear my choice

A flow-based is the only listed approach that can use pull-based scheduling to handle unpredictable task start conditions on an ad-hoc basis. The correct answer is: Flow-based

The legal team informs the product owner that another company owns a patent for an innovation used in the agile team's product, now 75% complete. What should the product owner do to determine the appropriate way forward? Select one: a. Terminate project immediately to prevent any further sunken costs b. Perform marginal economics analyisis and identify minimum releasable features c. Work with the legal department to find markets where the patent is not registered d. Continue work on the product after removing the patented component

A foundational assumption to release the product is now a show-stopper. Marginal economic analysis determines if there is a viable way forward. Identifying minimal releasable features can mitigate the economic loss. Distractors are either unrealistic (unpatented markets, removing component) or uninformed (terminate project). The correct answer is: Perform marginal economics analysis and identify minimum releasable features

A project manager experienced in predictive methods is taking on an agile project for the first time. To help in adjusting, the project manager makes a watchlist of situations that arise from inadequate action as a servant leader.Which situations would result from a lack of servant leadership? (Choose THREE.) Select one or more: a. Team members avoid taking on challenging tasks b. Team members avoid direct communication with other departments c. Team members raise impediments they are unable to eliminate d. High performers in the team move to more senior positions e. Project stakeholders express skepticism of agile methods

A is correct because servant leaders must promote professional development through challenges. B is correct because servant leaders help team build bridges with external groups. E is correct because servant leaders educate stakeholders on agile business value. C and D are incorrect, because servant leaders remove impediments and support personal growth beyond project interests. The correct answers are: Team members avoid taking on challenging tasks, Team members avoid direct communication with other departments, Project stakeholders express skepticism of agile methods

A new product development project is to be initiated in a difficult business context. Competition is driving prices down and supply costs are rising.Why would an agile incremental project approach be the safest choice in this context? Select one: a. It reduces the team size and eliminates communication bottlenecks b. it ensures that the project can be cancelled at any time without loss c. It provides stringent methods to reduce cost of quality and conformity d. It accelerates delivery of business value and minimizes risk of irrelevancy

Accelerated business value and better targeting are results of incremental deliveries because smaller releases can go to market faster and benefit from earlier user input. Distractors are either unrealistic (cancellation without loss) or irrelevant to the approach (team size and quality control). The correct answer is: It accelerates delivery of business value and minimizes risk of irrelevancy

As part of an organizational change program, an experienced agile project manager is hired to a company with a strong predictive culture.What should the project manager do to start helping the company adopt agile methodologies? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. Train project teams to be more self-reliant and cross-functional b. Identify opportunities for incremental business value delivery c. Analyze all planned projects to pick the appropriate agile model d. Show stakeholders how agile can increase quality and decrease risk e. Ensure that the MoSCoW method is used to write all project requirements

Agile adoption is enabled through communicating and demonstrating its benefits. Distractors describe approaches that are either incomplete (MoSCoW), or premature (replan all projects and self-reliant teams). The correct answers are: Show stakeholders how agile can increase quality and decrease risk, Identify opportunities for incremental business value delivery

The agile team is tasked with building a senior-friendly version of a smartphone shopping application. Marketing has not been able to find any volunteer test users fitting the profile.Which option would be most effective to ensure the best product value is delivered? Select one: a. Ask senior relatives what price point they want b. Remove eye glasses when testing the user interface c. Examine evaluations of similar competitor products d. Ask the team to run friendly tests with senior relatives

Agile favors user feedback from using the product over formal data collection processes or competitor analysis. Distractors are not correct because simulating the experience of bad eyesight and gathering price point are too narrowly focused. The correct answer is: Ask the team to run friendly tests with senior relatives

In an agile project, too many meetings have made the product owner's schedule unworkable. The project manager was asked to prioritize some meetings and decrease frequency of others.Which meetings should the product owner attend less frequently? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. Sprint retrospectives b. Product SME consultations c. Daily stand-up meetings d. Team performance reviews e. End-user feedback sessions

Agile puts the customer as highest priority, which translates to end-user satisfaction and focus on delivery. Agile considers administrative processes such as performance reviews as lower priority. The product owner is not needed at every daily meeting. The correct answers are: Daily stand-up meetings, Team performance reviews

An agile team member solved a problem that had blocked the team for several weeks. After release of the software, it appears that the solution caused a function to fail. The quality director demands an explanation.How should the project manager react? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. Issue a warning to the team member about not taking risky initiatives b. Work with the team to identify gaps in the definition of done c. Ask the team member to present his rationale and lessons learned d. Work with the team to identify gaps in the definition of ready e. Respond to the director that mistakes are inevitable but will be remedied

Agile teams must have accountability for the results of their work. In this case, valuable lessons learned and context of error are shared. The team will have to collaborate on ways to prevent the problem by updating the definition of done, for example, adding checks on external conditions. The correct answers are: Ask the team member to present his rationale and lessons learned, Work with the team to identify gaps in the definition of done

A smart phone manufacturer is re-assessing its product development methods in response to a sharp increase in user complaints. Analysis of the complaints indicates that the users try to use some features in ways that designers did not anticipate.Given these findings, which agile practice would most effectively prevent the problem? Select one: a. Smoke Testing b. Acceptance Test-Driven Development c. Red, green, refactor d. Behavior-Driven Development

Behavior-Driven Development is an extension of Test-Driven Development whereby automated tests and simulations are created before developing the product. Flaws are discovered by forcing the tests to fail before producing the unit in a way that will pass the tests. Distractors are incorrect because the tests are either based on team assumptions (ATDD), minimal (smoke) or too limited (persona). The correct answer is: Behavior-Driven Development

The company has hired a new Architectural Excellence board with a mission to promote new programming paradigms. The agile team continues to work on new and existing software products.How should the project manager deal with this new development? Select one: a. Take a wait-and-see approach until the board gives the team explicit instructions b. Negotiate a quiet period with the board to prevent disruption to the team's work c. Inform the agile team that resulting changes will be postponed as long as possible d. Invite members of the new board to sprint planning and backlog refinement meetings

By inviting the new SMEs to planning meetings, the team obtains early input which can be considered to adapt for future needs and to avoid future re-work. All distractors propose delaying access to the new information, which is counter to agile principles. The correct answer is: Invite members of the new board to sprint planning and backlog refinement meetings

At the end of an Agile project, all stories are completed on schedule and all tests passed, but the customer does not consider the product a success.Which is the most effective way to prevent this outcome in future projects? Select one: a. Collect customer feedback on incremental release demos and user tests b. Ensure that the test plan includes non-functional requirements in the backlog c. Agree with the customer on success criteria to be integrated to the Definition of Done d. Ensure that the product vision is approved by the customer before developing the backlog

Continuous and incremental customer/user feedback is the best way to ensure that the product addresses identified and non-identified needs throughout its development. Distractors are wrong because the product vision and success criteria do not capture non-expressed requirements, and non-functional requirements must always be included. The correct answer is: Collect customer feedback on incremental release demos and user tests

An innovative product fails to satisfy targeted consumers despite significant investments in quality control and marketing campaigns.Which agile practice would best prevent future failures of this nature? Select one: a. Align objectives between the product owner and marketing b. Add more features and tests to the Minimal Viable Product c. Broaden the persona type definition of the target consumer d. Run continuous consumer usability testing on product releases

Continuous user testing and feedback is the most effective way to align requirements to user needs, and integrate them incrementally into product releases. Distractors are wrong because marketing also relies on user feedback, a broader persona would dilute focus and relevance, and the MVP should not include features of unknown appeal. The correct answer is: Run continuous consumer usability testing on product releases

An agile team needs to decide who should represent them in the Scrum of Scrums.Which criterion should be used to select the best-suited team member? Select one: a. CI/CD b. Scrum c. eXtreme Programming d. DevOps

DevOps is designed to eliminate the potential impediments and gaps that cause incidents in the cycle of development, deployment and use of software and IT resources. CI/CD is included within DevOps and therefore CI/CD alone would not address as many problems. XP and Scrum would not address coordination with operations. The correct answer is: DevOps

A consultant has advised an IT director to use a DevOps approach to a migration project. The IT director wants to understand how the necessary speed can be achieved in a safe way.Which examples could demonstrate how DevOps can reduce incidents and speed up deployment at the same time? {Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. Machine Learning based development and deployment b. Developers test at deployment sites before operations c. Virtualization of all systems and software containers d. Automation of operations and development e. Early collaboration between operations and development

Development and operations collaboration (early and constant) and automation of both domains is at the heart of DevOps. Virtualization and machine learning are enablers of efficiency but not DevOps methods. Dev testing on deployment sites is impractical and inefficient. The correct answers are: Early collaboration between operations and development, Automation of operations and development

Six months into a strategic agile project, company executives are closely monitoring its progress. The COO expresses his frustration that the last weekly burn-down charts show the projected completion date significantly moving back and forward several times.How can the project manager forecast the completion date with more accuracy and stability? Select one: a. Educate the executive committee on the flexible nature of agile planning. b. Reduce frequency of the progress reports sent to senior stakeholders. c. Plan for variable-size iterations according to story complexity and load. d. Ensure upcoming backlog items are elaborated in more detail with the team.

Erratic progress curve variations are typical of inconsistent or uninformed story point estimates. Backlog refinement can ensure that overly complex stories are broken down and that past progress informs new story estimates. Distractors are false because they either ignore stakeholder needs or violate agile timeboxing principle (variable-size iterations). The correct answer is: Ensure upcoming backlog items are elaborated in more detail with the team.

A project manager is visiting a software supplier's office. Some of the sights are surprising: two people per workstation, estimations based on a deck of cards, developers forcing their tests to fail, and routines with names such as "traffic_cop" and "ringleader".What could explain these practices? Select one: a. The supplier appears to be conducting gamified training sessions b. The supplier has adopted eXtreme Programming methods c. The project manager happened to visit during a team building exercise d. The servant leader has granted the team a bit too much freedom

Extreme Programming practices include pair programming (2 per workstation), planning poker, test-first programming, and metaphor naming of processes. The correct answer is: The supplier has adopted eXtreme Programming methods

Two startups have merged and now have more than 100 developers on eight agile teams working on a common portfolio.Which agile practice can best ensure release coordination between the teams? Select one: a. Feature-Driven Development b. Mobbing c. Scrum of Scrums d. Scrumban

FDD provides the most complete set of methods specifically for the needs of large software development projects. Distractors provide fewer software-specific methods. The correct answer is: Feature-Driven Development

Over the past six months, the development cost per story has risen by more than 250% due to a faulty platform which is no longer supported. The product vision highlights that unique features of the platform are a pre-requisite for the product.What should the project manager do to determine next steps? Select one: a. Run what-if cost impact scenarios with the product owner b. Cancel the project due to exceeding the budget constraint c. Ask the product owner to select an alternative platform d. Cancel the project as the product vision cannot be fulfilled

Foundational assumptions for the product can no longer be fulfilled in an economically sustainable way. The product owner will need analysis of the possible scenarios to determine if the project can be continued. Distractors are either uninformed (immediate cancellation) or not in line with the product vision (alternative platform). The correct answer is: Run what-if cost impact scenarios with the product owner

An agile innovation team is highly productive. However, the Head of Operations informs the product owner the company is not getting sustainable return on investment from the team's work.How should the product owner address the problem? Select one: a. Reduce the number of team members as necessary to guarantee a positive return on investment b. Identify Minimum Marketable Features and prioritize relevant backlog items c. Define a Minimum Viable Product with the team and prioritize relevant backlog items d. Work with the project manager to run a retrospective and perform project cancellation

Frequent release of smaller incremental products is the fastest way to get return on investment. Minimum Marketable Features are ready for public launch, whereas MVP is a release that has just enough to function. Reducing the team would not allow to accelerate value as needed in this case. The correct answer is: Identify Minimum Marketable Features and prioritize relevant backlog items

The product owner needs a more precise view of actual time spent on tasks in order to apply more accurate business value estimates in the product backlog.How should the project manager propose to address the problem? Select one: a. Explain that flexible estimating units enable agile to accelerate delivery of business value b. Halve the iteration length to one week to increase precision of time usage calculations c. Train the team on using ideal hour units and work with them to estimate the backlog d. Replan the remainder of the project to use flow-based agile and standard hourly scheduling

Ideal hours for estimating actual work time on stories can be more practical to convert to business value. Distractors are either bad practice in agile (hourly scheduling, and increment shortened for procedural reasons), or uncompromising with the sponsor (explanation). The correct answer is: Train the team on using ideal hour units and work with them to estimate the backlog

Several items remain in the Kanban blocked column despite the team's efforts to address them. The retrospective reveals that all the impediments can be traced back to a particular department head, one the project manager has tried to educate previously but who still shows resistance.What should the project manager do next? Select one: a. Set up an information radiator ranking stakeholders according to their active support of the project goals b. Ask the department head for budgetary compensation proportional to the delays incurred due to lack of cooperation c. Ask the team members to find other stakeholders who can help work around the department head's barriers d. Use stakeholder analysis to identify an aligned senior stakeholder to influence the department head

If stakeholders remain resistant despite the project manager's efforts it can be a case where escalation is required. Distractors are wrong because: - the project manager normally would have to resolve problems within an established budget - bypassing the stakeholder does not address the root cause, which would be likely to resurface - public "shaming" by rank does not promote trust and cooperation The correct answer is: Use stakeholder analysis to identify an aligned senior stakeholder to influence the department head

The agile team will take over from another supplier to maintain a client's website. The team notices that recent browser changes imply that most of the website's existing content would now require users to install a plug-in.How should the agile team move forward? Select one: a. Inform the client and propose an impact analysis b. Deliver the code updates as defined in the contract c. Inform the client about the previous supplier's negligence d. Update all pre-existing code to remove plug-in dependencies

In this case, the client needs to be aware of the impact of the recent plug-in issue on business and costs. Distractors would address the problem in an incomplete way (new code not consistent with old code) or without client awareness (re-write pre-existing code). Pointing out negligence does not address the issue. The correct answer is: Inform the client and propose an impact analysis

An R&D executive occasionally visits the agile team's work area to give instructions about urgent feature work. During sprint reviews, the product owner becomes upset that the team worked on the requested features.How should the project manager address the problem? Select one: a. Require that the executive issues change requests for new items b. Meet with the executive and product owner to agree on a work flow c. Escalate to ensure that the executive no longer interferes with the team d. Give the executive access to add new items to the backlog

In this case, the executive stakeholder is by-passing the product owner and creating disruption. A working agreement between the executive and the product owner is needed to restore order. Distractors are either counter to agile (escalation and change requests) or undermines the product owner role (direct backlog access). The correct answer is: Meet with the executive and product owner to agree on a work flow

An agile team is subject to frequent rotation of staff from various departments to augment the team.How should the project manager compensate for the disruption to the non-rotating team members? Select one: a. Ask staff leaving the project to pick members who deserve recognition b. Give them authority to assign tasks to the rotating members c. Give them higher priority to choose which tasks they work on d. Require staff leaving the project to run a knowledge sharing workshop

One of the most disruptive factors to the team is loss of skills - knowledge sharing workshops would mitigate this and help develop the team to be more cross-functional. Distractors are wrong because team members should be equally respected with no differences in authority, priority or personal favoritism. The correct answer is: Require staff leaving the project to run a knowledge sharing workshop

The last three agile iterations showed a trend of increasingly prolonged test work.Which activity should the project manager plan to address the root cause? Select one: a. Adopt test automation tools b. Plan an iteration of testing only c. Plan more backlog refinement d. Practice a paired testing policy

Prolonged tests can be due to overly complex stories. Backlog refinement is used to break down complex stories into smaller packages. Distractors do not address the root cause. The correct answer is: Plan more backlog refinement

A new team member, unaccustomed to agile practices, becomes nervous when an operations engineer who often criticized his previous work appears at the morning standup meeting.What could justify the project manager's invitation to the operations engineer? Select one: a. It is a way for the project manager to learn more about the new member b. It is an agile practice used to prevent routine setting in to daily meetings c. It is a way to boost the new member's performance and keep him on his toes d. It is a standard practice in agile to proactively correct misalignments

Proactively seeking input from different stakeholders and transparency of project communications is considered good Agile practice. Distractors are wrong because they do not promote the team member's integration to the team by promoting trust (breaking routine, boost performance) or not favoring direct communication (learning about member indirectly). The correct answer is: It is a standard practice in agile to proactively correct misalignments

After three agile iterations showed a trend of increasingly prolonged test work, the team performed an intensive backlog refinement.What metrics would show that the problem was effectively addressed? Select one: a. Increase in value per story b. Stories completed per iteration c. Speed of impediment resolution d. Decrease in backlog item count

Refinement results in smaller, less complex stories, which allows the team to complete them faster. Distractors are either irrelevant to the story complexity (impediment resolution ), illogical (smaller stories would typically have lower value) or not in line with agile practices (backlogs continue to grow in items with further constant refinement.) The correct answer is: Stories completed per iteration

The IT department of a glassware manufacturer enthusiastically approved the agile team's mid-project demo of quality checking software for assembly line workers. However, the final product was considered unusable because the workers' gloves are too thick to press the software's small buttons.What should the project manager do to avoid this kind of failure in the future? Select one: a. Ensure that all software releases include adjustable accessibility features b. Create a realistic simulation of end-user conditions for developers testing the software c. Contract directly with the customer department that defines the product requirements d. Plan for end users to test prototypes and incremental releases in their target environments

Requirements and feedback from actual end users cannot be replaced by organizational structures, simulations, or generalized feature sets (accessibility). Contracting with the end-user department would not be appropriate either, as they would not have expertise, norms and assets relating to how the software integrates to the larger IT environment. The correct answer is: Plan for end users to test prototypes and incremental releases in their target environments

The agile team sometimes has idle periods while awaiting a product director to inform the product owner on new goals. The decisions depend on analysis of market research.Which measure could reconcile the needs of the director and the agile team? Select one: a. Run team brainstorming sessions on new goals to suggest to the director b. Plan team training events to coincide with the anticipated idle periods c. After clearing the backlog, run market research spikes to update the director d. Eliminate slack by reducing the team size to smooth the output curve

Running market research spikes supports the product director and helps build and diversify team skills. Distractors are wrong because the idle periods cannot be predictable enough to plan events, reducing output is against productivity, and the team's ideas would not provide market facts needed to make informed product development decisions. The correct answer is: After clearing the backlog, run market research spikes to update the director

An ongonig agile project is measured as follows: 2-week SprintStories PlannedStories CompletedPlanned ValueCompleted Value11510450K300K22018600K540K32025800K1000K422251100K1250K________________________________________________________Total77782950K3090K What are the project's metrics at this point? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. CPI = 1.30 b. CPI=0.95 c. CPI = 1.05 d. SPI = 1.01 e. SPI = 0.98

SPI is calculated as stories completed/stories planned (78/77=1.01) and CPI as planned value /completed value (3090K/2950K=1.05). The correct answers are: CPI = 1.05, SPI = 1.01

The startup has grown quickly and there are now four agile teams working on interrelated products. All teams have begun to experience impediments and gaps relating to work in other teams.How should the problem be addressed? Select one: a. Favor collaboration tools over meetings b. Implement a Scrum of Scrum layer c. Merge into two large teams to reduce issues d. Eliminate dependencies between teams

Scrum of Scrums is most effective coordinate work between teams working on interrelated products. Distractors are wrong because unrealistic (removal of dependencies), against agile practices (large teams) or less effective (collaboration tools). The correct answer is: Implement a Scrum of Scrum layer

The empowered agile team showed impressive progress in the first four iterations, but now the product owner has noticed low output in the latest five iterations without any apparent reason.What could be the cause of this situation? Select one: a. Technical debt has set in and the team's output will keep dropping until the cause is eliminated b. The team worked on low complexity stories from the backlog in the first four interactions c. There is most likely a specific under-performing team member slowing the team down d. The team was in the storming stage of the development and now have moved to norming

Some agile teams want to favor faster progress by completing less complex stories before more complex ones. Prioritization of backlog should be value-based, not speed-based. Distractors are wrong because:- the change is abrupt: technical debt is a slow degradation- a low performer would have been apparent in earlier iterations- the team is autonomous (post-norming). The correct answer is: The team worked on low complexity stories from the backlog in the first four interactions

During sprint planning, some new backlog items are prioritized but not estimated. The product owner requires a new set of tests to verify unique properties of the items.What should happen before adding it to the sprint backlog? Select one: a. The product owner defines a new epic to allow testing in the next sprint b. Add the relevant acceptance criteria in the definition of ready, then estimate c. The product owner should provide the initial estimate to be refined by the team d. Use analogous estimating based on similar tests on similar stories

Specific acceptance criteria should be defined and checked in the definition of ready of any impacted item before estimation to ensure all effort is accounted for. Distractors are wrong because counter to agile (testing across sprints, PO estimate) or illogical (analogous estimating cannot address unique properties). The correct answer is: Add the relevant acceptance criteria in the definition of ready, then estimate

Members of a virtual agile team are separated by seven timezones. Daily meetings are too long and the problem is made worse by switching laptop cameras between the speaking members.Which measures should the project manager take to achieve shorter, more efficient daily meetings? (Select TWO). Select one or more: a. Use the iteration reviews to discuss the Kanban board b. Require all members to stand during the full meeting c. Ask the team members to raise blockers off-line d. Place webcams to face the Kanban boards and teams e. Limit speakers to only members who have made progress

Standing meetings limited to to one webcam per group has been shown to reduce meeting times without losing efficiency. Distractors are wrong because they remove key content of the meeting (Kanban review, blockers and the three questions per member. The correct answers are: Require all members to stand during the full meeting, Place webcams to face the Kanban boards and teams

The project manager is using the INVEST method to check the quality of three stories in the product backlog:Story 1: As a user, I want to be able to bend the flex conduit up to 90° in any direction to orient lighting from a fixed position.Story 2: As a user, I want to exert no more than 4 MPa to bend the flex conduit from an unsupported standing position.Story 3: As a assembler, I want to spray a conduit coating that will inhibit all oxidation when exposed to 50 years of tropical rain conditions.What is the evaluation result for these stories? Select one: a. Stories 1 and 2 fail on the V criterion and Story 3 fails on the N criterion b. All stories fail on all except the S and T criteria c. Stories 1 and 2 pass all criteria and Story 3 fails on the T criterion d. All stories fail on the I criterion and Story 3 also fails on the V criterion

Story 3 is not testable (T) because the tests cannot realistically last for 50 years. If simulated, the test approach should be stated in the story. The correct answer is: Stories 1 and 2 pass all criteria and Story 3 fails on the T criterion

While monitoring progress of the agile team, the project manager notices that an expert member's output is much lower compared to junior team members. This is a surprise, as the expert works diligently on the most complex tasks and always produces defect-free results.Which is the most likely explanation for the developer's low output? Select one: a. Younger team members are normally more productive b. The expert works faster and reports fewer hours than the junior members c. The expert runs more tests and therefore completes fewer stories d. The story point estimates on the expert's work are consistently too low

Story point estimates would be used measure progress in an agile project, and actual hours worked would not be apparent unless readjusted. Distractors are not in line with agile methods (hourly reporting), false (productivity of youth) or not the root cause (more tests which would be integrated into estimates). The correct answer is: The story point estimates on the expert's work are consistently too low

The agile team excels at solving technical problems, but when the product owner requests creative or business-related ideas, the team falls silent.Is this a problem? Select one: a. Yes, lack of diversity will limit the team's adaptability b. No, specialist teams are more effective than generalists c. No, the team performs better without useless distractions d. Yes, specialist teams are prone to higher error rates

T-shaped skills are desired in agile teams to ensure that a broad set of skills allows the team to work more independently and with greater ability to adapt to changing needs. The correct answer is: Yes, lack of diversity will limit the team's adaptability

A new agile innovation team will be set up with a mission to place product quality above all other considerations. The initiative comes after a number of high-visibility complaints on social networks about the brand's drop in quality.Which method would be most effective to achieve the team's goals? Select one: a. Create an automated testing bench to eliminate human error b. Raise the product price to fund use of better quality materials c. Benchmark features against competitor products and track defects d. Use Test-Driven Development based on continuous user focus group input

TDD ensures quality standard before development, but continuous user input is the most important to determine the target. Distactors do not include user input as a means to understand quality gap perception. The correct answer is: Use Test-Driven Development based on continuous user focus group input

In an agile project, too many meetings have made the product owner's schedule unworkable. The product owner wants to prioritize some meetings and decrease frequency of others.Which meetings should be prioritized to better ensure successful product development? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. End-user feedback sessions b. Team blocker brainstorming c. Project performance reviews d. Daily stand-up meetings e. Sprint backlog planning

The Agile puts the customer as highest priority, which translates to end-user satisfaction and focus on delivery. One of the product owner's main responsibilities is backlog planning. The correct answers are: Sprint backlog planning, End-user feedback sessions

The marketing director is displeased that the agile innovation team is producing too many novelty products with too little business value.What should the project manager do to correct the team's approach? (Select TWO.) Select one or more: a. Survey end users and integrate resulting value rank into the product backlog b. Work with the product owners to tighten value criteria in the definition of ready c. Add a process so the marketing director can approve each story d. Increase the story sizes to integrate more valuable features e. Ask the team to take a training course on direct response marketing

The DOR and user value ranking in the backlog address the root problem of not focusing on value. Distractors are wrong because large stories are bad practice, marketing comes after value, and approval of all stories is inefficient and not agile. The correct answers are: Work with the product owners to tighten value criteria in the definition of ready, Survey end users and integrate resulting value rank into the product backlog

The agile team surpassed the planned number of stories in the last three agile iterations.How can the project manager be sure all the work performed is truly complete? Select one: a. Check results against the definition of done b. Ask the team to cross-check other members' work c. Check the results of all the tests performed d. Ask the product owner if results are satisfactory

The Definition of Done lists all criteria that must be met to consider a task/story completed. Distractors may be part of the criteria in the DoD, but are not complete enough in themselves. The correct answer is: Check results against the definition of done

A recently formed agile team is exhausted after working 12 hour days to fullfil their sprint commitments.Who has not properly performed their duties in this situation? Select one: a. Team Members b. Scrum Master c. Project Manager d. Product Owner

The Scrum Master has the role of ensuring that the team's working conditions, including work load, are appropriate and sustainable. The correct answer is: Scrum Master

A security-classified, agile software project requires outside expertise and delivery to add a module based on machine learning. An approved supplier asks the project manager to join the daily meeting with the supplier's agile team, but the project manager's schedule is too full with internal meetings.How could the two teams synchronize interactively but somewhat less frequently? Select one: a. Add and execute a Scrum of Scrum layer b. Align iterations for common retrospectives c. Share a common electronic Kanban d. Set up fishbowl windows at each site

The Scrum of Scrum allows both teams to have their own daily meetings while adding a more targeted meeting between them at a less frequent pace. Distractors are inappropriate because of security concerns (fishbowl), low frequency and pertinence (retrospectives) or lack of live interaction (Kanban). The correct answer is: Add and execute a Scrum of Scrum layer

An ongonig agile project is measured as follows: 2-week SprintStories: PlannedStories CompletedPlanned ValueCompleted Value11510450K300K22018600K540K32025800K1000K422251100K1250K What conclusions can be drawn from these figures? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. The team kept a steady rate of efficiency b. The team worked more efficiently over time c. The team worked less efficiently over time d. The backlog was not prioritized for time to value e. The backlog was prioritized for time to value

The chart shows that value increases over time (meaning late time to value) when dividing planned value/storied planned. The SPI above 1 (stories completed/stories planned) shows that the team completed more stories faster over time. The correct answers are: The backlog was not prioritized for time to value, The team worked more efficiently over time

An efficient, empowered agile innovation team do not understand why required approvals from the legal department are allowed to delay their progress. Eventually, the team confronts the product owner in a heated retrospective exchange. The product owner replies that the approvals are needed to check for existing patents which would block the team's product from going to market.How should such conflicts be prevented? Select one: a. Ensure that the product owner can be easily approached to respond to team questions and concerns b. Require the team to move a story to the Kanban blocked column if they have concerns about progress c. Ensure that the product owner presents the team the rationale behind the refinement work flow d. Require that supporting department stakeholders attend the daily meetings to report progress

The conflict is due to a lack of communication as well as inaction to prevent delay. The most comprehensive response is to ensure constant communication between the team and product owner. Distractors are incorrect because unrealistic (daily meetings), inefficient (blocked column) or incomplete (refinement rationale). The correct answer is: Ensure that the product owner can be easily approached to respond to team questions and concerns

A frustrated agile team member approaches the project manager to complain that a senior team member is monopolizing all the "interesting" backlog items.How should the project manager address the complaint? Select one: a. Ask the team to define new ground rules for work distribution b. Define a new rule so members can select an item on a rotating basis c. Encourage the complaining member to take assertiveness training d. Discuss the importance of fairness with the senior team member

The conflict, based on a misunderstanding or an unstated assumption is a sign that the team ground rules are incomplete. Agile teams collaborate to determine their own ways of working. The correct answer is: Ask the team to define new ground rules for work distribution

The agile team is composed of highly skilled product design engineers. Their reputation for quality and speed has earned them new duties in concept development for new products, but team output in this new role has dropped steeply compared to their design work.Which measures are most effective to improve team productivity in this case? (Select TWO.) Select one or more: a. Prolong the iterations to adjust to new tasks b. Plan a creativity spike in the next iteration c. Boost motivation with a team building event d. Hire more T-shaped profiles into the team e. Seek creative thinkers to mentor the team

The correct answers are: Seek creative thinkers to mentor the team, Hire more T-shaped profiles into the team

The Project Management Office wants to offer constant reporting across the dozens of agile projects running concurrently. They want to use information radiators to share progress status and key lessons learned.How can this best be achieved? Select one: a. Use fishbowl windows to show all project teams' Kanban boards and charts in real time b. Place monitors displaying combined feature burn-up charts and a digest of retrospectives c. Set up an internal wiki page which all agile teams update in real time and users consult on demand d. Place webcams to broadcast all Kanban boards and cycle the images sequentially on the radiator

The feature burn-up chart can be used as a common measure of progress and lessons learned are recorded in retrospectives. Information radiators are physical displays used to share up-to-date information across the organization. They are not live cams exclusively (fishbowl and webcam distractors) and the information in not on demand (wiki page) The correct answer is: Place monitors displaying combined feature burn-up charts and a digest of retrospectives

A company is losing market share to disruptive competitors with new business models. A cross-functional agile team has been formed to recommend ways to recover market share.How can the team increase their chance of producing successful recommendations? Select one: a. Understand how the competitors' business models can reach more consumers at a lower cost b. Focus on enabling profitable delivery of unique, high-quality and innovative products c. Focus on understanding the value consumers seek and the value competitors offer d. Gain a deep understanding of why customers are disappointed by the company's products

The first principle of the Agile Manifesto focuses on value: "Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software." Markets are driven by the value consumers attribute to the offerings. Distractors are wrong because analysis is incomplete if only focusing on lost business (disappointed customers), market reach (competitors) or an uninformed push for innovation and profitability. The correct answer is: Focus on understanding the value consumers seek and the value competitors offer

A company is losing market share to disruptive competitors with new business models. The agile team is asked to restrict the number of features and release them faster to the market.How will this request impact the planning? Select one: a. Reprioritize the sprint backlog to work on the smallest and simplest stories first b. The product vision will be updated to reflect a user-driven release roadmap c. The backlog will be prioritized to deliver basic functionality in small increments d. The increments will be reduced to enable faster product releases

The first principle of the Agile Manifesto focuses on value: "Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software." Markets are driven by the value consumers attribute to the offerings. Distractors are wrong because analysis is incomplete if only focusing on lost business (disappointed customers), market reach (competitors) or an uninformed push for innovation and profitability. The correct answer is: The backlog will be prioritized to deliver basic functionality in small increments

A financial software company serves stock markets worldwide. An experimental quality assurance project has agile teams working in three company offices: Seattle, Tokyo and London. The teams work in two shifts in each location's timezone:Shift 1: 8AM to 4PMShift 2: 4PM to midnight Which collaboration method would ensure fastest follow-the-sun problem resolution? Select one: a. Run fishbowl windows during the overlap shifts: - London Shift 1 with Tokyo Shift 2 - Seattle Shift 1 with London Shift 2 - Tokyo Shift 1 with Seattle Shift 2 b. Conduct Scrum-of-Scrum meetings daily in order: 1 Seattle Shift 2 with London Shift 1 2 London Shift 2 -Tokyo Shift 1 3 Tokyo Shift 2 -Seattle Shift 1 c. Run fishbowl windows during the overlap shifts: - Tokyo Shift 2 with Seattle Shift 1 - London Shift 1 with Seattle Shift 2 - Tokyo Shift 1 with London Shift 2 d. Conduct Scrum-of-Scrum meetings daily in order: 1 Tokyo Shift 2 with London Shift 12 London Shift 2 with Seattle Shift 13 Seattle Shift 2 with Tokyo Shift 1

The fishbowl solution allows teams to interact in real time, thus allowing faster coordination and handling of issues. The shifts overlap in follow-sun-order: Tokyo 2-London 1, London 2-Seattle 1, Seattle 2-Tokyo 1 The correct answer is: Run fishbowl windows during the overlap shifts: - London Shift 1 with Tokyo Shift 2 - Seattle Shift 1 with London Shift 2 - Tokyo Shift 1 with Seattle Shift 2

A project manager is using a suitability assessment tool to find the right project approach for a new project. The tool ranks on the following criteria:- Change: rate of change to requirements- Criticality: Criticality of product, processes and impact of defects- Buy-in: Executive support for adaptive methods- Team size: Number of members in project team- Team skill: Project team experience- Access: Direct collaboration/feedback with clients/sponsorsWhich combination of these factors would be best suited to a fully agile project approach? Select one: a. Change: low Criticality: mediumBuy-in: high Team size: low Team skill: medium Access: high b. Change: low Criticality: lowBuy-in: high Team size: medium Team skill: high Access: high c. Change: high Criticality: low Buy-in: high Team size: low Team skill: high Access: medium d. Change: medium Criticality: high Buy-in: medium Team size: medium Team skill: high Access: high

The ideal combination suited to an agile approach is: Change: high Criticality: low Buy-in: high Team size: low Team skill: high Access: high Predictive would be required for high criticality and team size, with low change, buy-in and skill. Hybrid is appropriate for medium values on the criteria. The correct answer is: Change: high Criticality: low Buy-in: high Team size: low Team skill: high Access: medium

An agile team needs to decide who should represent them in the Scrum of Scrums.Which criteria should be used to select the best-suited team member? Select one: a. How long they have been working with Agile methods b. How well the member applies their depth of expertise c. How well the member knows the work in the other teams d. How convincing the member is as a public speaker

The most important factor to effectively collaborate between teams in a Scrum of Scrum is to understand the work across the teams, not only representative's team. This knowledge promotes effective coordination to identify and resolve dependencies and impediments. The other qualities are mainly important within the team (expertise and influence). The correct answer is: How well the member knows the work in the other teams

User test results are back on the prototype release. The test users describe the kind of smoother experience they want, the many missing features they desire, and the ways the product could be more visually appealing.What conclusions can be drawn from the user's input? Select one: a. The tests were a success: the input will ensure a more targeted backlog b. The test results are unusable: the users did not understand the goals c. The tests are irrelevant: the prototype design is not complete d. The tests were a failure: most of the features will need to be re-designed

The objective of user tests is to provide the earliest possible input to adjust the product to user needs. Thus, a large amount of negative input is a success because it enables a large amount of improvement faster. The correct answer is: The tests were a success: the input will ensure a more targeted backlog

A travel company wants to create smartphone applications for their users. Competitors are racing to do the same. The product owner's vision describes several versions of the app: Basic, Basic Ad-free, Pro, and Premium.Which project approach is best suited to the company's needs? Select one: a. Predictive b. Incremental c. Flow-based d. Iterative

The product bundling goes from least amount of features (Basic) to the highest (Premium). An incremental approach allows to release the Basic product quickly to mitigate competitive time pressure, and gradually release each bundle by adding the next set of features. Distractors include approaches that would not be structured to gradually build and release features. The correct answer is: Incremental

Over the past six months, the cost per story has risen by more than 250% due to a faulty platform which is no longer supported. The agile project is projected to exceed the budget increment threshold at the next iteration.Who should decide if the project should be cancelled? Select one: a. The project manager b. The procurement manager c. The head of business control d. The product owner

The product owner acts as the sponsor in agile projects and therefore has the authority to decide if conditions warrant termination of a project. The correct answer is: The product owner

An agile development team finds a workaround to remove a significant blocker. Their output increases dramatically over the next two iterations. At the third iteration retrospective, the product owner is horrified to learn about the workaround and asks the team to redo the work based on a better solution.How can the project manager prevent such situations? Select one: a. As serviant leader, help the team to focus by offloading all work on removing impediments b. Ensure regular engagement with the product owner and run catch-up meetings if necessary c. Request additional funding from the product owner for re-work due to lack of collaboration with the team d. Set out all decision path conditions in the ground rules and correct any deviations as early as possible

The product owner has ultimate authority on the scope of the product. Thus product owner engagement is critical when considering scope changes. Distractors are either unrealistic (decision rules and extra funding) or violates agile principles (complete offload). The correct answer is: Ensure regular engagement with the product owner and run catch-up meetings if necessary

An efficient agile team in a large corporation generated ideas and added innovative features to the backlog. After the additional features were tested and complete, the portfolio owner rejects all of them.What is the most likely reason this situation happened? Select one: a. The product owner did not sufficiently align the ideas with the portfolio owner b. The team did not make use of the normal quality control processes c. The portfolio owner does not want to pay for the team's unplanned work d. The team would be entitled to intellectual property rights on the features

The product owner is responsible for ensuring that the product meets business objectives, which could be set by a portfolio owner. Distractors are wrong because:- quality processes are irrelevant if the product is not providing desired business value- payment for unwanted work also points to the product owner's lack of alignment- IPR is owned by the funding organization The correct answer is: The product owner did not sufficiently align the ideas with the portfolio owner

The product owner's schedule is very tight and he wishes to delegate some of his tasks to the experienced agile team.Which task is suitable to delegate to the agile team? Select one: a. Initiate and run backlog refinement sessions b. Add items to the backlog before prioritization c. Select prioritized items for the sprint backlog d. Prioritize items to the backlog according to size

The product owner typically has sole authority to prioritize and plan the backlog according to business needs. Refinement also requires prioritization. Adding items can be delegated, and the product owner would prioritize at a later time. The correct answer is: Add items to the backlog before prioritization

User testing on the last product release revealed low user interest in certain features that required significant effort to develop.What can the agile team do to prevent this disparity in the future? Select one: a. Remove all stories from the backlog that are not selected for the Minimal Viable Product b. Ask the product owner ensure all stories in the backlog support the product vision c. Perform stakeholder analysis to find SMEs who can guide the backlog value ranking process d. Ensure that user stories in the backlog are broken down into the smallest possible form

The product was released without sufficient user input or prioritization to ensure it has appeal and delivers business value. SME input (for example from marketing or market researchers) can help with ranking the features appropriately. Distractors include vision alignment and story refinement which are normal agile practices but do not address the prioritization and business value problem. The MVP does not target user satisfaction, rather it targets basic functionality to build upon. The correct answer is: Perform stakeholder analysis to find SMEs who can guide the backlog value ranking process

The atmosphere is tense in the sprint planning review. The agile team are mumbling amongst themselves, one of them kicks a chair, shouting at the product owner, "That just doesn't make sense!"What should the project manager do in this situation? (Choose TWO.) Select one or more: a. Remind the team of the product owner's responsibilities and authority b. Intervene, giving one uninterrupted minute to all present to state their case c. Reprimand the member who kicked the chair with a warning d. Facilitate by asking the team to suggest ways to resolve the points of dispute e. Calm all present by asking them to call on their emotional intelligence

The project manager is addressing the conflict with a collaborate/problem approach, first ensuring all viewpoints are expressed and then inviting suggestions on how to resolve the dispute. One distractor includes reminding the team on the PO's authority and reprimanding the protesting member, but these actions correspond to a force/direct approach, not compatible with agile principles and in any case not completed with the imposed solution. The call on emotional intelligence corresponds to the compromise/reconcile approach, which is not complete without inviting members to compromise. The correct answers are: Intervene, giving one uninterrupted minute to all present to state their case, Facilitate by asking the team to suggest ways to resolve the points of dispute

Four of the five agile team members are away for a month, but the project needs to make progress. Three foreign contractors are working remotely on the stories. In their first sprint, they misinterpreted certain usability requirements, but completed five stories blocked due to algorithmic complexity.What should the product owner do? Select one: a. Assign all the usability stories to the local team member b. Reprioritize the backlog to match the remote team's skills c. Find another remote team with better linguistic skills. d. Engage an interpretor to translate all the requirements

The project manager should leverage the remote team filling skill gaps of the the local team. Distractors are wrong because:- interpreter can introduce barriers- the local member may not have the right skills for the usability stories, and "assigning" is not an agile practice- hiring another team would be inefficient for a short period The correct answer is: Reprioritize the backlog to match the remote team's skills

A Scrum innovation team is funded at varying levels by six market units. Four niche market units complain they are neglected because the team prioritizes mainstream unit goals. The CMO asks to devote a constant 40% of the team effort to the four niche units in a balanced way.How can the product owner support this request? Select one: a. Group stories by unit, select 40% of niche stories to work on at each sprint b. Split stories into mainstream or niche groups, plan 10% of mainstream stories at each sprint c. Split stories into mainstream or niche groups, plan 40% of niche story points at each sprint d. Group stories by unit, plan 10% of story points per niche unit at each sprint

The requirement is to devote 40 % of effort (story points) to each of the four niche units at every iteration.Group by unit: 4 niche + 6 mainstream40% story points / 4 units = 10% The correct answer is: Group stories by unit, plan 10% of story points per niche unit at each sprint

Marketing wants to be first to market to launch a senior-friendly version of a smartphone shopping application, and has asked the agile team to develop it.What should the project manager do to begin the development process? Select one: a. Meet with product owner, team and SMEs to identify risks and risk responses b. Meet with product owner, team and SMEs to define the Minimal Viable Product c. Ask the team to estimate the effort and build the business case accordingly d. Work with the product owners and SMEs to break the requirements down into stories

The requirement to be first to market implies that an MVP will be needed to enhance as quickly as possible. The MVP requirements can then be broken down and enhanced with later feature requirements. In the distractors the business case can be assumed to exist since marketing is funding the project. Risk identification and responses is performed incrementally while the agile project advances. The correct answer is: Meet with product owner, team and SMEs to define the Minimal Viable Product

A startup needs to quickly expand its product portfolio to meet market demand. Recently, staff might work on two or three agile teams, each dedicated to a different product line. Output is dropping and defect rates are rising in all teams.How can the project manager help the agile teams improve their work? (Select TWO.) Select one or more: a. Influence the product owners to right-size their portfolios b. Perform root-cause analysis in the next retrospectives c. Train the agile teams to improve time and focus management d. Organize dedicated teams to reduce context switching e. Appoint dedicated test teams to offload the agile teams

The scenario leads to conclude that the main problem is high context switching when working on multiple teams which is resolved by 100% dedicated teams. Root-cause analysis would pinpoint this and other problems to address. Distractors are either counter to good business practices (right-size portfolios), counter to agile (dedicated test teams) or not addressing the root cause (time/focus management). The correct answers are: Perform root-cause analysis in the next retrospectives , Organize dedicated teams to reduce context switching

A client selected a software company to develop a smartphone application. The client's legal team required a detailed source code register for all builds, and refused the company's counter-offer for walk-through meetings and free developer support. 60% of the project effort was spent on documentation and 15% on implementing 38 feature changes.How many of the of the Four Values of the Agile Manifesto were upheld in this project? Select one: a. four b. zero c. three d. one

The scenario runs counter to three of the four agile values: - individuals/interactions over processes: meetings and developer support refused - working software over documentation: 60% effort on documentation - customer collaboration over contracts: imposed legal requirements One value upheld: - responding to change over plan: numerous changes implemented with little effort The correct answer is: one

Several items remain in the Kanban blocked column despite the team's efforts to resolve the issues. The retrospective reveals that all of the impediments relate to mandatory corporate business processes which introduce wait times.What should the project manager do next? Select one: a. Act as a servant leader to resolve the pending business process issues while the team attend a team building event b. Work with process owners to streamline procedures, and secure the team coaching on the processes c. Dedicate the next iteration to team training on the business processes to help them work more autonomously d. Work with the team to increase the story point estimates in the backlog to account for the business process delays

The servant leader should work within the organization to simplify processes affecting the team as much as possible. However, large companies typically need internal processes which can rarely be eliminated altogether. Distractors are wrong because: - It is unrealistic to expect all processes to be removed during the time a of team building event - training is part of the solution, but not at the price of a full iteration and there should also be a streamlining effort - story points should reflect the complexity of the story itself while business processes would be more accurately reflected as an overall reduction of story point rate over time. The correct answer is: Work with process owners to streamline procedures, and secure the team coaching on the processes

During estimating, the team is discussing an item in the backlog. It becomes clear that the item can be done in different ways but the best way is not obvious.What should the team do to progress on this item? Select one: a. Select the fastest alternative to build b. Select the cheapest alternative to build c. Add ranked alternatives to the backlog d. Add a new spike item to the backlog

The spike is correct because items should be sufficiently researched (to determine the best way to deliver business value and phrase sufficiently detailed, testable stories. Distractors are incorrect because counter to the method (ranked alternatives) or not properly weighing the business value aspects. The correct answer is: Add a new spike item to the backlog

A governmental anti-money laundering software project needs a solution to collaborate with a remote agile team of four in another country. Spontaneous verbal communication between the teams must be supported. All the remote team's workstations and Kanban boards must be visible at all times.Which virtual team collaboration solution is most appropriate? Select one: a. Information radiator monitors b. Always-on fishbowl windows c. On-demand video conferencing d. Workstation screen mirroring

This is a project where confidentiality and security are critical - thus permanent monitoring of remote resources is necessary. Only the fishbowl solution would have the required field of view on a permanent basis. Radiators only display content, on-demand video conferencing would not be a permanent video feed, and mirroring only displays 1 computer screen, not the environment. The correct answer is: Always-on fishbowl windows

An agile team is struggling to solve a blocking issue with packaging design. Eventually, they find a solution, but it requires a different product format.What should the team do before further developing the solution? Select one: a. Run a cost/benefit analysis to determine its value b. Create a prototype and demo it to the end customer c. Ask the product owner to approve the change d. Check if the change is consistent with the product vision

This is a case where basic product characteristics may be affected by the change, and might not be captured in the product vision. The PO is responsible for shaping the product in collaboration with stakeholders. The correct answer is: Ask the product owner to approve the change

A client stakeholder shows signs of resistance when coordinating delivery work. The agile project manager suspects that the automation in the delivered product might make the stakeholder's role obsolete.Which approach would be most effective to reduce resistance? Select one: a. Express empathy directly to the stakeholder to gain cooperation b. Tell the stakeholder that their cooperation and patience are appreciated c. Request the client to change the project counterpart to avoid project delays d. Ask the stakeholder to express concerns and ensure full transparency

Transparency and active listening are key elements to gain trust. Lack of trust is often the root cause of resistance. In the distractors, empathy and appreciation help gain trust, but they do not necessarily promote better communication as active listening would. Swapping out the stakeholder based on an assumption would be unprofessional and damages trust with the client. The correct answer is: Ask the stakeholder to express concerns and ensure full transparency

A trend of stories uncompleted at the end of iterations has become apparent. Multiple team members worked on these stories and no blockers were identified .What can the agile team do to resolve the situation? Select one: a. Work with the product owner to further break down the stories in the backlog and update the Definition of Ready b. Put the stories in the blocked column and work with the product owner to remove impediments c. Put the stories back into the product backlog and wait for a less intensive iteration to work on them d. Use the next iteration for a team spike to determine feasibility of completing the stories

When stories cannot be completed within one iteration, it is typically because the story is not broken down into small enough goals. Distractors are incorrect because:- they do not address the root cause by waiting or setting to blocked- product owner cannot remove impediments if they are not identified and analyzed- devoting full team to a spike is inefficient and bypasses normal backlog refinement. The correct answer is: Work with the product owner to further break down the stories in the backlog and update the Definition of Ready

A project manager wants to know if there is a good combination of T-shaped skills in the agile team.What can the project manager measure to determine this? Select one: a. More collaboration with SMEs b. Reduction in reassigned tasks c. Less internal knowledge sharing d. Decrease in detected defects

When teams include several T-shaped members, there is less hand-off of tasks because members can collaborate to complete the work. The distractors describe conditions in I-shaped teams: higher focus on defects, shared skillsets where knowledge sharing is not effective and a need for more external expertise on areas out of the specialization. The correct answer is: Reduction in reassigned tasks

An agile project is structured without timeboxing. Tasks are grouped by high-level goal, but cannot be predictably scheduled.How can the work be distributed for efficient execution? (Choose THREE.) Select one or more: a. Set deadlines to ensure that the team completes the work in acceptable limits. b. Use a task board to group tasks into rows and track progress across columns. c. Pre-indentify blockers to determine the order of execution. d. Maintain a to do task pool to limit the number of tasks in progress. e. Track readiness status to help the team initiate tasks at the right time.

Work distribution in a flow-based agile approach can be more efficient if: - task triggering is constantly monitored to reduce lag - the task board displays progress stages in columns, potentially with tasks grouped by rows - a pool of tasks to do limits the number of concurrent tasks in progress Distractors are against agile practices (deadlines) or unrealistic (anticipate blockers). The correct answers are: Track readiness status to help the team initiate tasks at the right time., Use a task board to group tasks into rows and track progress across columns., Maintain a to do task pool to limit the number of tasks in progress.

The quarterly results show that competitors are driving prices down. The company is losing market share and midway into a product development project, it appears the sponsoring unit is not likely to get return on their investment.What should the project manager do adapt the project to these new conditions? (Select TWO.) Select one or more: a. Make a cost/benefit analysis of deliverables to optimize delivery cost and speed b. Incrementally replace local staff by outside expert staff who can work at half the hourly rate or less c. Split out an agile track to incrementally maximize value within a fixed budget d. Fast-track the remainder of the project to deliver the intended scope with less overhead costs. e. Re-scope the project to deliver the same features as the competitors to match their pricing

You have correctly selected 1. Cost/benefit analysis and fixed-budget incremental development are correct because they address the loss of profitability without disruption to business. The correct answers are: Make a cost/benefit analysis of deliverables to optimize delivery cost and speed, Split out an agile track to incrementally maximize value within a fixed budget