scrum
A Scrum Team consists of the following
- Product Owner - Developers -Scrum master
The length of a sprint should be
- Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. - Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. - No more than one calendar month.
Which of the following are examples of a scrum team practicing scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing scrum team?
- Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team's progress. - The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration. - The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
Who is on the Scrum Team?
- The Scrum Master - The Product Owner - The Development Team
Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?
1. Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. 2. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers. 3. Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
What is the typical size of a scrum team?
10 or less
The timebox for the Sprint Review is:
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event 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.
An organization has decided to adopt scrum, but management wants to change The terminologies to fit with terminologies already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
A. Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. B. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. C. Management may feel less anxious.
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
Empirical Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?
Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.
True or false: Scrum has a role called project manager?
False
True or false: the scrum team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the sprint retro, and place it in the sprint backlog.
False
True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
False The product increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.
What is the main reason for the scrum master to be at 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.
Who creates the Definition of Done?
If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The CEO asks the Developers to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do?
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
The three pillars of empiricism are:
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
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.
When does a developer become the sole owner of an item on the sprint backlog?
Never. All sprint backlog items are "owned" by the developers on the scrum team
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?
Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
Which Scrum events are timeboxed?
Sprint review sprint planning sprint retro
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 is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
Who is required to attend the daily scrum?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Development Team
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?
The Product Owner
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
During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items selected?
The Product Owner and the Developers.
The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. (Which one the following answers is FALSE?)
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
The consistency reduces complexity.
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. Time-boxed events are events that have a maximum duration.
True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product
True
The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
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 does a Sprint conclude?
When the Sprint Retrospective is complete
