PSM Scrum

What is the time-box for the Daily Scrum?

15 Min Daily scrum is a 15 minute time boxed event

What are Product Backlog features? Select three.

As long as a product exists its product backlog also exists. It is dynamic, It is never complete. A Product Backlog is never complete. The earliest development of it only lays out the initially known and best-understood requirements. The Product Backlog evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves. The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.

Where can Scrum be used? Check all the applicable items.

Development of products and enhancements Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies -development of software and hardware -managing the operation of an organization -development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments - Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities.

Scrum is founded on

Empiricism 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.

All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.

False

It is normal to have a "hardening" Sprint to remove all technical debt and prepare the Product for upcoming release.

False - It is not normal. Development Teams deliver an Increment of product functionality every Sprint. This Increment is usable, so a Product Owner may choose to immediately release it. So, there is nothing to prepare. Each increment contains only "Done" functionality that could be released immediately.

Scrum does not allow additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum.

False- Scrum allows additional meetings if they facilitate achieving the Sprint Goal

What does Burn-down Chart show?

How much work remains till the end of the Sprint -- remaining effort

What is the order of items in the Product backlog?

Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom. The product owner is responsible for placing the most valuable and clear items at the top of the Product backlog.

Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option.

Make sure the Spring Backlog for the next sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement The Sprint Backlog makes visible all the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. To ensure continuous improvement, it includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting..

How long should the Sprint Planning be?

Not more than 8 hours. Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.There is no need to decompose all the Items in the Sprint Backlog. It can be done only for the first days of the Sprint.

Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog? Select two options.

Product Owner and The development team with the permission of the Product owner The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for the Product Backlog. However, he or she can delegate some work related to product backlog management to the Development Team.

How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team? Select the three most appropriate answers.

The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including: Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality; Helping the Development Team to create high-value products; Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress; Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed; and, Coaching the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.

Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum?

The development team.. Why? Because the daily scrum is an internal meeting for the development team. If others are present, the crust master ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting.

The scrum team consists of

The scrum master, the product owner, the development team

All Development Teams working on the same product should use the same product backlog

True

What does Cone of Uncertainty show?

how much is known about the product over time. The Cone of Uncertainty describes the evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project.

What should be taken into account for the Definition of "Done?

- Conventions, standards, and guidelines of the Organization - Definition of "Done" of other scrum teams working on the SAME product

What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?

- Product value maximizer -product marketplace expert - Lead facilitator of Key stakeholder Involvement

What does the word "development" mean in the context of Scrum? Select the best option.

Complex works that can include all the suggested options and even more. When the words "develop" and "development" are used in the Scrum Guide, they refer to complex work including software and hardware development, development and releasing of products and enhancements, development and sustaining product operational environments, research and identifying of viable markets and technologies, and even more.

The Daily Scrum always should take exactly 15 minutes. For example, if your team managed doing it in 5 minutes, you should spend 10 more minutes on some useful team activity like Product Backlog refinement, but not more.

False because all events in Scrum are time-boxed. It means that every event has a maximum duration. However, the Scrum guide does not require a minimal duration for any event. As scrum teams mature, they can do some events faster.

What are the five Scrum Values?

Openness, focus, commitment, courage, respect

How does the Scrum Master serve the Organization? Select the three most appropriate answer

Planning Scrum implementations within the organization, leading and coaching the organization in its scrum adoption, working with other scrum masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.

The scrum master. Why? because the scrum master is responsible for promoting and supporting scrum as defined in the scrum guide. The scrum masters do this by helping everyone understand scrum theory, practice, rules and values.

How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.

1) Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management. 2) Understanding product planning in an empirical environment 3) Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed. The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including: -Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible; - Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management; - Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items; - Understanding product planning in an empirical environment; - Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value; -Understanding and practicing agility; and, -Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

You have previously worked as a project manager on several projects in the past, but you're now the project leader in an agile team working on a. new product. 1. As an agile project leader how should you interact with team members? 2. As team leader how should you interact with the customer? 3. How might it be appropriate to monitor the progress of an agile project?

1. As a coach who helps team members achieve their goals 2. By facilitating communication between the customer or product owner and the development team and By explaining the projects team's contra-stints to the customer; 3. By using a turndown chart to track and monitor team progress and by determining which customer requirements have been met

What are the time-boxes for the Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective?

4 and 3 hours respectively The Sprint Review is at most a four-hour meeting for one-month Sprints.The Sprint Retrospective is at most a three-hour meeting for one-month Sprints.

What is the essence of Scrum? Select the most appropriate option

A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive. The essence of Scrum is a small team of people. The individual team is highly flexible and adaptive. These strengths continue operating in single, several, many, and networks of teams that develop, release, operate and sustain the work and work products of thousands of people. They collaborate and interoperate through sophisticated development architectures and target release environments.

If an item in the Sprint Backlog cannot be finished by the end of the Sprint (it turned out there is a lot more work to do than was estimated), the Sprint is cancelled.

False -- The Sprint is cancelled only in the case if the Sprint Goal became obsolete. If some work could not be done, the Sprint Backlog should be re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team.

The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team.

False.. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren't. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.

Definition of "Done" is created during the first Sprint and remains unchanged until the Product release

False.. Why? Because during each Sprint Retrospective, the scrum team plans way s to increase product quality by adapting the definition of "done" as appropriate.

What is XP agile methodology?

Focuses on simplicity and ongoing testing, refactoring, and ongoing customer feedback during development.

The structure of the Daily Scrum is well-defined and constant. Every team member should answer the three main questions: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Do I see any impediment?

No... Why? There is no any prescribed structure. The structure of the Daily Scrum is set by the Development Team and can be conducted in different ways if it focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal. Some Development Teams will use questions, some will be more discussion based. It is still perfectly fine to use the questions, but other ways of conducting the meeting are also possible.

The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum (select all applicable variants):

The Scrum Master Ensures that the Development Team has the meeting, but the Development Team is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. Teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box. If others are present at the Daily Scrum, ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting.

What is the Sprint Backlog

The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal.

Who is responsible for creation of the Definition of "done"

The development team

Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?

The development team The Development Team is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner may influence the Development Team by helping it understand and select trade-offs, but the people who will perform the work make the final estimate.

What are the three questions the Scrum Guide gives as an example that can be used at the Daily Scrum?

The structure of the Daily Scrum is set by the Development Team and can be conducted in different ways if it focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal. Some Development Teams will use questions, some will be more discussion based. Here is an example of what might be used: What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

The Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.

True ... By the end of the Sprint Planning, the Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.