Scrum Master Cert 2
when does scrum say a new increment of working software must be available
At the end of every sprint
What enhances the transparency of an increment
Doing all work needed to meet the definition of "Done"
What is the best suited structure for development teams in order to produce integrated increments
Each development team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all the technical layers
What is the time box for the sprint review
Four hours for a monthly sprint
which of the following might the scrum team discuss during a sprint retrospective
Methods of communication, the way the scrum team does sprint planning, skills needed to improve the development team's ability to deliver and it's definition of done all of the above is the answer
Which three of the following our time boxed events in scrum
Sprint retrospective, sprint planning, and daily scrum
Who owns the Sprint Backlog?
The Development Team
What happens if the development team cannot complete its work by the end of the sprint
The Sprint length holds the development team continuously learns what is actually possible to do within a sprint of its length
Every Development Team should have:
The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.
Who determines how work is performed during the sprint
The development team
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
What are two good ways for a scrum team to ensure security concerns or satisfied
add security concerns to the definition of done and have the scrum team create product backlog items for each concern
at the end of a Sprint products backlog item works on during the sprint does not meet the definition of done what two things should happen with the undone product backlog item
put it on the product backlog for the product owner to decide what to do with it and do not include the item in the increment this sprint
What is a development team responsible for
resolving internal team conflicts and Organizing the work required to meet the sprint goal
The time box for a daily scrum?
15 minutes
What is the recommended size for development team
3-9
Which of the following best describes an increment of working software
Additional features in a useable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.
Sprint burn down charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show:
An estimate of the total work remaining for the sprint
True or false when multiple teams work together on the same product each team should maintain a separate product backlog
False
which scrum value is affected by a lack of trust in this scrum team
Focus, respect, openness, courage, commitment, the answer is all of the above
Which phrase best describes a product owner
Go between development team and customers
What is a good first question for you to suggest a group thinks about when forming into teams
How will we make sure all the teams have the right amount of expertise
When does the second sprint start
Immediately after the previous sprint
Which technique is the best way the scrum master canon sure that the development team Communicates effectively with the product owner
Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration
What is the product owner responsible for during a sprint retrospective
Participating as a scrum team member
Choose two responsibilities of a self organizing development team
Paul product backlog items for the sprint and do the work planned in the sprint backlog
When is the Sprint Backlog created?
Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting
Which topics should be discussed in the sprint review
Sprint results product demo, user stories, product backlog to review refinement of the product backlog members of the scrum team explain what product backlog items have been done and what has not been done The developers discuss what we're while during the spring and what problems it ran into and how those problems were solved The entire group collaborates on what to do next so what those Sprint review provides valuable input to subsequent sprint planning review of the timeline budget potential capabilities and marketplace for the next anticipated releases of functionality and capability of the product
Which of the three following are feedback loops in scrum
Sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily scrum
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.
Who is responsible for track in the remaining work up the sprint
The development team
A scrum master is essentially the same thing as a traditional project manager
True
True or false the sprint goal is a result of sprint planning as is the sprint backlog
True
True or false every scrum team must have a product owner and a scrum master
True outcomes affected by their participation and availability
During a sprint retrospective the development team proposes moving the daily scrum to only occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays which two are the most appropriate responses to the development team
coach the team on why the daily scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan Learn why the development team wants this and work with them to approve the outcome of the daily scrum
When a development team is having trouble delivering a working increment because they don't understand a functional requirement what should they do
collaborate with the product owner to determine what is possible and acceptable
When should a sprint gonna be created
during Sprint planning
How much of the sprint backlog must be to find during the sprint planning event
enough so the development team can create its best forecast of what is can do and to start the first several days of the sprint
What are two responsibilities of testers in a development team
everyone in the development team is responsible for quality and scrum has no tester role
Multiple scrum team is working on the same project must have the same sprint start date
false
The product owner determines how many product backlog items the development team selects for a sprint
false
True or false cross functional teams are optimized to work on one technical layer of a system only
false
Why should the product owner be present at the daily scrum
he or she doesn't need to be there
In order to achieve benefits of scrub it is important to enact the value of commitment what to actions demonstrate the commitment of scrum team members
help the other scrum members and do your best
Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a sprint retrospective
identifying high priority process improvements for the next sprint and how the team collaborates
What are the three benefits of self organization
increased creativity, increased self accountability, and increased commitment
The CEO ask the development team to add a very important item to the sprint that is in progress what should the development team do
inform the product owner so here she can work with the CEO
which are properties of the daily scrum
it is 15 minutes or less in duration and it's location and time is constant
Which statement best describes the sprint backlog as outcome of the sprint planning
it is a complete list of all work to be done in a sprint
Which statement best describes the sprint review
it is where the scrum team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a sprint and figure out what to do next
If to scrum teams are added to the development of a product that previously had only one scrum team what will be the immediate impact of the productivity of the original scrum team
it's productivity is likely to stay the same
Which statement best describes a product owners responsibility
optimizing the value of the work the development team does
What is the scrum master responsible for during a sprint retrospective
participating as a scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed
Which three questions might be answered by development team members at the daily scrum
what did I do yesterday that helped the development team meet the sprinkle? what will I do today to help the development team meet the sprint goal? do I see any in pediment that provides me or the development team from meeting the sprint goal?
If burned down charts are used to visualize progress what does a trendline through a release burned down chart indicate
where the work remaining will likely be completed if nothing changes on the product backlog or the development team
which two activities will project owner Engage in during a sprint
Answer questions from the development team about items in the current Sprint and work with the stake holders
A sprint retrospective should be held
At the end of each Sprint.
Hey scrum master is introducing scrum to a new development team the development team has decided that a sprint retrospective is unnecessary what action should the sprint master take
Begin facilitating productive and useful sprint retrospectives
What is the time box for the sprint planning meeting
Eight hours for a monthly sprint
A scrum team has been working on a product for nine sprints a new product owner comes in understanding he is accountable for the product backlog however he is unsure about his responsibilities which two activities are part of the product owner role according to scrum
Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first at all times and interacting with stakeholders
A product increment must be released to production at the end of each sprint
False
A new developer is having continuing conflicts with existing development team members and creating the hostile environment if necessary who is responsible for removing the team member
The scrum manager is responsible because he or she removes impediments
Which of the following are true about the scrum master role
The scrum master teaches the development team to keep the scrum meetings to their time box and the scrum master helps those outside the team interact with the scrum team
The sprint review is mainly and inspect and adapt opportunity for which group
The scrum team and stakeholders
What is the role of management in scrum
To facilitate the scrum teams with insights and resources that help them improve
To get started in terms of what to Build scrum requires no more than a product owner with enough ideas for a first sprint development team to implement those ideas and a scrum master to help guide the process
True
The development team should have all the skills needed to
Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality. The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint. Development Teams are cross-functional, with all of the skills as a team necessary to create a product Increment.
When is implementation of a product backlog item considered complete
When the item has no work remaining in order to be potentially released
If burn down charts are used to visualize progress what did they track
Work remaining across time
User documentation is part of your definition of done however there aren't enough technical writers for all teams your development team doesn't have a technical writer what should you do
Your development team is still responsible for creating user documentation in this case the development team members will write it
A scrum master is working with a development team that has members in different physical locations the development team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically for example set up conference calls before the daily scrum what action should the scrum master take
allow the development team to self manage and determine for itself what to do
A member of the development team takes the scrum master aside to expressed his concerns about data security issues what should the scrum master do
ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible
What is included in the sprint backlog
Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items. - User Stories. - Use Cases. - Tests. - Tasks.
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 it's Alex in conformance with the definition of done
As the development team starts to work during the spread it realizes it has selected too much work to finish in the spirit what should it do
As soon as possible in the spread work with a product owner to remove some work or product backlog items
What is the tactic a scrum master should used to divide a group of 100 people into multiple development teams
Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams
Which two things are appropriate for a scrum master to do if the development team doesn't have the engineering tools and infrastructure to completely finish each selected product backlog item
Coach the development team to improve at skills tools and infrastructure overtime and adjust the definition of done accordingly and have the development team established a definition of done that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances
Who can abnormally terminate a sprint
The product owner
Who is responsible for clearly expressing product backlog items
The product owner
Who is responsible for engaging the stake holders
The product owner
which of the following are true about the product owner role
The product owner is one person and the product owner is accountable for ordering the product backlog
The product backlog is ordered by
The product owner with the most valuable items placed at the top
Multiple scrum team is working on the same product or system also like to work from the same product backlog
True
A scrum master is keeping a list of open impediments but it is growing and he or she has been able to resolve all the small portion of the impediments which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation
Consulting with the development team, prioritizing the list and working on them in order, and alerting management to the impediments and their impact
A product order wants advice from the scrummaster about estimating work and scrum which of these is the guideline that a scrum master should give
Estimates are made by the development team
which two ways of creating development teams are consistent with scrum values
Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure and bring all the developers together and let them self organize into development teams
How is management external to the scrum team involved in the daily scrum
The development team self manages it is the only management required at the daily scrum
You have just been hired by a company new to scrum your management has assigned you to be the scrum master of six news from teams these teams will build one product select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario
The product has one product backlog and there should only be one product owner
True or false the product owner make sure that the team selects enough from the product backlog forest brand to satisfy the stakeholders
false
What two techniques could the scrum master use when the scrum team gets caught in an internal disagreement about which development techniques to apply
involve the complete development team and use coaching techniques such as open questions and active listening
you are the scrummaster for four scrum teams working from the same product backlog several of the developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams what are two key concerns for the scrum master to take into account in the situation
The benefit of development teams figuring out a solution for themselves and the ability of the development team to produce integrated increments
What does it mean for a development team to be cross functional
The development team includes cross skills individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software
The product owner is not cooperating with the development team during the sprint what are two valuable actions for us grandmaster to take
Bring up the problem in the Sprint retrospective and coach the product owner in the values of scrum and incremental delivery
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 calendar month, all these answers are correct
The scrum master observes the product owner struggling with ordering the product backlog. what is an appropriate action for the scrum master to take
suggest that the development team does the ordering to be sure that it is A feasible ordering of work
how should a group of 100 people be divided into multiple development teams
understanding the product the product vision and the rules of the scrum framework the group divides itself into teams
What are the two primary ways a scrum master keeps the development team working at its highest level of productivity
By removing impediments that hinder the development team and buy facilitating development team decisions
Marian is the product owner envisioning a project for a new release of her product she made a projection of a release date based upon a sustained velocity of 17 completed units of work per sprint over the first three sprints the average velocity was 13 for work that the development team estimated is 90% done the development teams feeling the need to meet the plan figured that a velocity of 17 was within their reach a good way to continue is
The development team make sure that all the selected scope pers sprint is as done as possible the undone work is estimated and added to the Sprint backlog of the next sprint so it doesn't mess up the product backlog
Which three purposes does the definition of done serve
create a shared understanding of what work is complete, describe the purpose objective and time box of each scrum event, and describe the work that must be done before the sprint is allowed to end
Why does the product owner wall the development team to adhere to its definition of done
to have complete transparency into what has been done at the end of each sprint