Lecture 3. Class Quiz

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

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.

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

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.

When is the Sprint Backlog created?

During the Sprint Planning meeting

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.

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.

The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.

True

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.

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 managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Development Team

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Development Team.

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

The Product Owner

Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective?

The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning. Methods of communication. Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver. Its Definition of "done".

The Product Backlog is ordered by

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires.

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