SCRUM S*** IDK
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.
Which events are time-boxed according to the Scrum Guide?
Daily SCRUM, The Sprint, Sprint Review
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
The length of a Sprint should be:
1. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. 2. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. 3. No more than one month. All of these answers are correct.
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 by removing impediments that hinder the Development Team
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
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.
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
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?
all answers apply
The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is?
to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. T
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.
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. (False)
The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?
15 minutes. (The length of a daily Scrum is time-boxed at 15 minutes, it does not change with the length of a Sprint.)
The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is:
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "Done?"
All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
Development Team membership should change:
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.
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.
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
empirical process control
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.
True or False: When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
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. (False)
Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the Scrum Guide?
1. Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional scope for the Sprint. 2. The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog. 3.The Development Team members are working within the boundaries of their functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
Who creates the definition of "Done"?
the scrum team
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Development Team
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
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. (Which one the following answers is FALSE?)
A) The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint. B) The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected. C) As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges. D) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team. Correct Answer is
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.
Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?
Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software and Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
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.
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?
The Product Owner and the Development Team.
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.
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
The people who must attend the Daily Scrum are ONLY members of the DEVELOPMENT TEAM.) They are responsible for getting it right. The Scrum Master, the Product Owner, or any Stakeholder may attend as listeners, but are not required to do only as long as it is useful to the Development Team. (THE DEVELOPEMENT TEAM)
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.
When is a Sprint over?
When the time-box expires.
