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How should an agile project leader interact with the Product Owner?

A.

Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to review development features and trace them back to the product roadmap

B.

Ensure that they attend regular sprint meetings to provide product-feature feedback

C.

Share any new versions of the project plan with them including updated statuses for tasks and project milestones

D.

Schedule meetings where they can provide team direction regarding new-feature priorities and upcoming sprints

What should the Scrum Master do first?

A.

Work with the customers to build the product backlog and identify their initial requirements.

B.

Meet with the stakeholders and enterprise architects to understand the project's vision.

C.

Plan and execute a sprint 0 to establish the project's foundational needs.

D.

Create a backlog, and execute a sprint 1 to quickly deliver value to the customers.

A team member on a self-directed team is concerned that a feature the customer wants is outside of what the team will be able to deliver. What should the team member do next?

A.

Escalate the concern to the project sponsor for necessary action

B.

Adjust the feature to make it work as needed

C.

Work directly with the customer to arrive at a suitable compromise

D.

Log this into the risk register and inform the team at the next standup meeting

The vice president (VP) of an organization has been asked by the chief information officer (CIO) to have their teams to embrace an agile approach to projects. The VP, however, often insists teams use a more predictive approach to project management which allows the project managers to do what they like.

How should an agile team member coach the VP and teams be more effective?

A.

Coach the chief information officer (CIO) on implementation of agile benefits and expectations.

B.

Coach the teams on implementation of agile benefits and expectations.

C.

Coach the managers on implementation of agile benefits and expectations.

D.

ICoach the vice president (VP) on implementation of agile benefits and expectations.

How should the project team address this issue?

A.

Suggest pair programming during the retrospective.

B.

Ask the product owner to re-prioritize the user stories at the next retrospective.

C.

Re-estimate the story points with team members at the next iteration planning meeting.

D.

Assign less complex user stories to the inexperienced software engineer at the next iteration planning meeting.

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.

A product owner with experience in a predictive approach wants the team to develop very detailed schedules and cost estimates for the next 10 sprints. What should the Scrum Master do?

A.

Suggest the product owner start by focusing on the next 2 sprints instead of 10.

B.

Spend the first few sprints to develop detailed schedules and budgets.

C.

Invite the product owner to the retrospective to explain the team's approach to schedule and budget.

D.

Explain that detailed project schedules and budgets are not artifacts in agile projects.

What is the project leader trying to create?

A.

A safe space for team members to learn to trust one another, leading to collaborative relationships.

B.

A safe space for team members to learn to be vulnerable, leading to high performance relationships.

C.

A safe space for team members to learn to share, leading to collaborative relationships.

D.

A safe space for team members to learn about each other's weaknesses and strengths.

A project team is currently working on sprint seven of a release that is estimated to require twelve sprints to complete. The team has reviewed the stories for this sprint and discovered that it will require rework from previous sprints.

What should the Scrum Master do?

A.

Ask the product owner to revisit the scope of the release and revise it so that the team can keep the current commitment schedule.

B.

Ask the team to find a workaround so that they can continue with the current project management plan.

C.

Advise the team to continue working on the sprints as the release plan has been set.

D.

Ask the team to estimate the amount of rework needed so that adjustments can be made to both the project and release plan.

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.