Scrum Study Guide - Rachel

What are the Scrum Values?

- Commitment - Courage - Focus - Openness - Respect

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation?

1. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact 2. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order 3. Consulting with the Development team

Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint

1. All Sprints must be 1 month or less 2. It is best to have Sprints of consistent length throughout a development effort

During the Sprint, the Scrum Master's role is to do which two of the following:

1. Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed 2. Remove impediments.

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

1. Have the Team define "done" and do the same work for all Product Backlog items it selects. 2. Have the Team improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and adjust the definition of done; accordingly.

Which two statements explain why the definition of "Done" is important to the Product Owner?

1. It assures the Increment reviewed at the Sprint review is usable so the Product Owner may choose to release it. 2. It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.

What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product?

1. The order of the Product Backlog 2. Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases

You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select Two conditions you should strive for in this scenario.

1. The product has one Product Backlog 2. There should be only one Product Owner.

What two phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Development Team?

1. They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing effort and value of Product Backlog items. 2. They collaborate often so the Development Team builds Increments keeping end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind.

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

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

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

Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?

An increment of working software that is "done"

What is included in the Sprint Backlog?

Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items.

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.

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.

The process of regular inspection and adaptation employs knowledgeable and skilled inspectors. What are two ways in which the Product Owner takes the lead in the inspection process?

At the Sprint Review the Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog. The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next

A Sprint Retrospective should be held:

At the end of each Sprint.

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 technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?

Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration.

When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog Item?

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be done by an individual Development Team member.

How much time is required after a Sprint to prepare for the next Sprint?

None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint

What relationship does Scrum have to technical practices?

Scrum Development Teams with excellent technical practices will likely be more successful.

Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum?

Sprint Review Refinement Meeting Sprint Retrospective

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.

A Sprint Review is the only time the stakeholders and the Scrum Team can come together

TRUE

Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."

TRUE

Fite new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the other teams. What should the Scrum Master do?

Teach team that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated increment.

During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to:

Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?

The Development Team

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Development Team

Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint?

The Development Team

How can a Product Owner use time-boxed Sprints to obtain feedback from users and the market?

Through frequent delivery of Increments of the product into the market.

Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master

True. Outcomes are affected by their participation and availability

Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner?

Value Maximizer

What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied?

1. Add security concerns to the definition of "Done" 2. Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog item for each concern

You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three of the following activities would probably help the team starting up

1. Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or project, its history, goals, and context, as well as answer questions. 2. Ensure the team understand they need a definition of "Done" 3. Have Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history

The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team during the Sprint. What are two valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take?

1. Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective. 2. Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery

During a Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team proposes moving the Daily Scrum to only occur on Tuesdays and Thursday. Which two are the most appropriate responses for the Scrum Master?

1. Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan 2. Learn why the Development Team wants this and work with them to improve the outcome of the daily Scrum

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?

1. Interacting with stakeholders 2. Providing the Development Team with detailed specification

What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable?

1. Within the Sprint, the Development Team makes the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once he/she is available again. 2. In a permanent state of unavailability, a new Product Owner needs to be appointed. Development efforts without a Product Owner are not employing Scrum.

Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show:

An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint

When may a Development Team change its engineering practices?

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

A member of the Development Team takes the Scrum Master aside to express 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.

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

B) The consistency reduces complexity.

When is the Sprint Backlog created?

During the Sprint Planning meeting

When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?

It can't, Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints

A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent to get the selected items "Done" by the end of the Sprint. Which three phrases describe the purpose of a definition of "Done"

It guides the Development Team in creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning •It track the the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item •It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Product Owner responsible?

Participating as a Scrum Team member

The Development Team finds out during the Sprint that they aren't likely to build everything they forecasted. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?

Re-work the selected Product Backlog items with the Development Team to meet the Sprint Goal.

Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint?

The Development Team

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Development Team.

Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint?

The Product Owner

What is the accountability of the product owner during Sprint 0?

There is no such thing as Sprint 0

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

Whatever is most appropriate for the Product Owner to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value received

When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

What three ways Scrum promote self-organization?

1. By specifying a lightweight framework: three roles, five events, and three artifacts. 2. By removing titles for the Development Team members. Everyone is equal, and there is no hierarchy within the Development Team. 3. By empowering the Development Team and determining the best way to accomplish its work.

During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?

A soon as possible after they are identified

At the end of a Sprint a Product Backlog items worked on during the Sprint does not meet the definition of "Done". What two things should happen with the undone Product Backlog items?

A) Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint B) Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

Who is on the Scrum Team?

A) The Scrum Master B) The Product Owner C) The Development Team

What are two good ways to make non-functional requirements visible?

Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the product owner posted on the expected effort Add them to the definition of "Done" so the

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.

In order to make investment decisions, the Product Owner is likely to look at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the product being built. What costs will a Product Owner take into account?

All investments required to conceive, develop, operate and maintain the product

What are two ways that architecture and infrastructure are handled in Scrum?

Answer 1 of 2: They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small. Answer 2 of 2: They are implemented along with functional development of the product.

When should a Sprint Goal be created?

During Sprint Planning

A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?

FALSE

A product increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint

FALSE

Cross-functional teams are optimized to work on a technical layer of a system (e.g. GUI, database, middle... design contracts.)

FALSE

Scrum is a methodology that tells in details how to build software incrementally.

FALSE

The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint. T or F?

FALSE

Which does a self-organizing Development Team choose?

How to best accomplish its work

The definition of "Done" describes the work that must be completed for every Product Backlog item before it can be deemed releasable. What should the Development Team do when, during the Sprint, it finds out that a problem outside of their control blocks them from doing all this work?

Immediately raise the issue to the Scrum Master as an impediment.

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

It gives stakeholders an opportunity to inspect the product increment and progress and provide feedback on next steps.

How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by value points?

It is a good practice, keeping in mind that market reception is the best measure of value.

The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog. What would consider an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Offer the Product Owner help in ordering the Product Backlog from an understanding that the goal is to maximize value

How do you know that a Development Team is cross-functional?

The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software

Why does a Development Team need a Sprint Goal?

The Development Team is more focused with a common yet specific goal

The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items?

The Development Team. As a collective, they have a complete view of the work needed to transform Product Backlog items into Increments of product

Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders?

The Product Owner

What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?

The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to process into the Product Backlog.

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. Based on this, which of the following is FALSE?

The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.

What output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?

The Sprint Goal

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)

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.

What two factors should be most considered when establishing the length of a Sprint?

The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders. The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used.

What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the phase between the current Sprint Review meeting and the next Sprint's Sprint Planning?

There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint

Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?

They will improve their definition of "Done" to include more stringent criteria.

Which is a benefit of establishing naming standards for code?

To make the code more readable.

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 Product Owner must release each increment to production.

When it makes sense

The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would three key concerns if the frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days?

a) Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost. b) Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly c) Too much work is spent updating the scrum board before the meeting

One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum? (choose 2)

B) A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal E) New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of

Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role?

B) The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meeting to their timebox E) The Scrum Master helps outside the team interact with the Scrum Team

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?

Begin facilitating productive and useful retrospective

What is a Product Backlog?

It is a living artifact of product requirements that exists and evolves as long as a product exists.

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

A) The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning B) its Definition of "Done" C) Methods of communication D) Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver **E) All of the above

The Sprint Review is the only time at which stakeholder feedback is taken into account.

FALSE

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible?

Participating as a Scrum team member and facilitation as requested or needed