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An experienced product owner presents the epics and corresponding stones during a release planning session with the established team. The executive sponsor asks the team when the features will be delivered.

What should the agile team do?

A.

Evaluate how much can be delivered based on the Scrum Master's estimation

B.

Identify a set of user stones based on the team's velocity

C.

Initiate an estimation session

D.

Consult historical data for project completion

A project team has been working on five data source integrations. They have allocated one tester for each data source. One of the testers is on emergency leave for personal reasons, so the project

deliverables could not be completed on time.

How should the project team improve during their retrospective for future implementations?

A.

Use the scrum or team board and daily scrum meetings to track and manage issues and optimize deliverables.

B.

Encourage team members to become general specialists to reduce bottlenecks and create a cross-functional team.

C.

Empower teams and encourage emerging leadership to produce effective solutions to manage complexity.

D.

Define the roles of the individual or group and define the what, how, why, when, and where to do each task.

A globally distributed project team is using email and phone calls as the only way to share information. Delays in resolving issues often occur due to misinterpreted communications, leading to a lower team velocity.

What steps should the project leader take to improve knowledge sharing?

A.

Meet individually with each team member to identify the issues and relay information to the remaining members through status reports.

B.

Establish a live video feed between the dispersed teams to enable spontaneous engagement and collaboration on issues.

C.

Request that the customer co-locate the team to overcome the communication issues, as this is the only method to ensure agility.

D.

Inform the customer of the challenges and lower velocity of the project to accommodate for the slower delivery pace.

Over the last two sprints, a number of potential problems have threatened the team's ability to hit the targeted release date. What should the agile practitioner do?

A.

Deal with the issues in a retrospective if they ever come up again.

B.

Create a task board to track issues when they appear.

C.

Identify and monitor issues through a risk burndown chart.

D.

Create an issue log as an information radiator and monitor.

A new CIO advocates an agile framework for new IT projects, but the team has reservations. How should the CIO ensure that the team will be aligned with this?

A.

Obtain executive team buy-in by conducting a meeting to present the advantages of agile principles and processes.

B.

Issue a memo of understanding that agile principles should be implemented for all new projects.

C.

Introduce agile principles and processes, then make the change an experiment to obtain buy-in.

D.

Require all staff and management to attend agile training and adhere to its principles.

During backlog refinement meeting, the new developer on the team asks the product owner to discuss a new performance threshold requirement and how it impacts the stories in the backlog. What should the team do?

A.

Add this threshold requirement request as acceptance criteria in all impacted stories

B.

Create a spike story to analyze the impact of the threshold requirement on current stories

C.

Conduct design planning session to review the performance threshold requirement

D.

Identify the tasks for the new performance threshold requirement

A new product owner needs to manage the backlog of a high-visibility fast-moving project that is consuming a considerable amount of time What should the product owner do?

A.

Schedule regular meetings with the scrum team to write, groom and size user stories

B.

Focus on stories based on the highest number of story points to first address those items with the highest value

C.

Seek regular input from project stakeholders, and reflect this input in the backlog's priorities

D.

Schedule in-person monthly meetings with key stakeholders to review the project's progress

The agile team disagrees with the business stakeholders on completing some epics What could help eliminate misunderstandings?

A.

Agree on requirements with all stakeholders

B.

Begin planning every four iterations

C.

Consider previous sprint demo feedback when planning the next sprint

D.

Include the reasons for the project in the contract

An agile development team is working on a digital transformation project and is facing challenges in obtaining consistent feedback from stakeholders who are dispersed around the world. The product owner is under pressure as this lack of engagement has led to prolonged decision-making cycles and has adversely affected the outcomes of sprints.

How should the team improve stakeholder engagement to help ensure timely feedback and better decision-making? (Refer to Stakeholder Power/Interest Grid)

A.

Implement a dynamic feedback platform leveraging collaboration tools, accommodating diverse schedules and enabling stakeholders to provide feedback asynchronously.

B.

Establish a rotating stakeholder committee composed of representatives from different regions and departments, ensuring diverse perspectives are considered in decision-making processes.

C.

Enforce a strict policy requiring stakeholders to attend weekly synchronous feedback sessions, leveraging technology to accommodate various time zones and scheduling conflicts.

D.

Appoint regional liaison officers responsible for coordinating stakeholder interactions within their respective time zones, facilitating regular communication and feedback exchange.

A project sponsor is upset that an enhancement will be unavailable until next year. What should the product owner do?

A.

Accept responsibility for the product's delay.

B.

Ensure that the project sponsor's priorities are in the product backlog.

C.

Negotiate with the project sponsor for increased funding.

D.

Empower the project sponsor to manage the product backlog.