PSM I Quiz 1
The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is?
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter. Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed. Scrum is not a process or a technique for building products; rather, it is a framework within which you can employ various processes and techniques.
How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done". The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team's current definition of "Done".
Development Team membership should change:
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. Teams typically go through some steps before achieving a state of increased performance. Changing membership typically reduces cohesion, affecting performance and productivity in the short term.
What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?
By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments that hinder the Development Team. Feedback: A Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Development Team. Facilitation and removing impediments serves a team in achieving the best productivity possible.
During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?
During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.
The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Product Backlog.
False, to ensure continuous improvement, the Sprint Backlog rather than the Product Backlog includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Sprint Retrospective meeting.
When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
False. Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many teams are used. Any other setup makes it difficult for the Development Team to determine what it should work on.
Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team?
The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master.
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum.
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
If the definition of "done" is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. The Development Team of the Scrum Team can complement it with elements specific for the product or context.If "done" for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of "done" appropriate for the product. The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?
Optimal Development Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work. Fewer than three Development Team members decreases interaction and results in smaller productivity gains. More than nine members simply requires too much coordination. 3 to 9
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team.
Who is on the Scrum Team'? A. The Development Team B. None of the above C. The Scrum Master D. Project Manager E. The Product Owner
The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master (manages the process), the Product Owner (decides what to do) and the Development Team (does the work).
Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?
Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers. Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity. Feedback: Scrum is meant to be implemented as prescribed in the Scrum Guide. For example, the five events in the Scrum Guide are mandatory, each event has a specific purpose. Scrum does not eliminate the complexity that is inherent in delivering a product in today's world, instead it offers a framework for dealing with complexity. By regularly delivering increments of value teams gain the ability to inspect and rapidly adapt based on the feedback received. Project Managers are not simply replaced by self-organizing teams. Scrum is a framework for optimizing decision making based on the knowledge and experience of the entire team.
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
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.
The three pillars of empirical process control are:
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.Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
The length of a Sprint should be:
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 month.
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-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software. Management has no active role in the actual product development through Scrum. However, management external to the Scrum team is incredibly important in setting the vision and strategy to guide the overall direction of the organization.
Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box. The Scrum Master ensures that the Development Team has the meeting, but the Development Team is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity. The consistency reduces complexity.
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.
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 is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog, which includes that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next.
The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint. The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint.
The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?
The length of a daily Scrum is time-boxed at 15 minutes, it does not change with the length of a Sprint.
True or False: It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
The product increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.
True. The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", usable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created.
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner. The Product Owner decides what makes the most sense to optimize the value of the work being done by the Development Team.
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. A Sprint can be cancelled before the Sprint time-box is over. A Sprint would be cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. This might occur if the company changes direction or if market or technology conditions change.
