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When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item?

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member. Feedback Sprint Backlog and all of its items are collectively owned by the Development Team. No individual team member can claim ownership over an item as this would block communication and collaboration.

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes. Feedback The length of a daily Scrum is time-boxed at 15 minutes, it does not change with the length of a Sprint.

The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is?

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

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed. Feedback 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.

Development Team membership should change:

As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. Feedback 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.

Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.

True or False: Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."

True

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.

True Feedback 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.

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires. Feedback The duration of a Sprint is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened.

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. Feedback 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.

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. Feedback 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.

Who is on the Scrum Team?

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).

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The consistency reduces complexity.

What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?

3 to 9

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is:

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

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". Feedback The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team's current definition of "Done".

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?

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

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO. Feedback The items selected for a Sprint have been selected as most valuable with the Product Owner. The items serve the Sprint's goal. No changes should be made that endanger the Sprint Goal. No one external to the Scrum Team can force changes on the Development Team (Sprint Backlog) and the Product Owner (Product Backlog).

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.

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.

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 By 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.

Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software. Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality. Feedback The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created. This applies to every Sprint.

True or False: It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

False Feedback The product increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.

True or False: 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 Feedback 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

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 Feedback The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum.

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. Feedback A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The three pillars of empirical process control are:

Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation 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

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 Feedback 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.

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.

An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?

Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. Management may feel less anxious.