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The transition of a monthly news publication from paper to digital is planned to start in the next few weeks. There is a debate between the product owner and the development team about the initial features to be made available and the first five stages of implementation.

What should the scrum master do to address this situation?

A.

Request more clarification from the client relations team.

B.

Ask the team to define the minimum marketable feature

C.

Tell the team to proceed with coding the items as currently defined.

D.

Encourage open discussions to help the team reach agreement

A team member is stressed due to a heavy workload, while other team members have some slack in their schedules.

How should the team lead address this?

A.

Inform management and suggest that additional resources may be required

B.

Discuss the issue with the team in the daily stand-up meetings

C.

Meet personally with the stressed team member to brainstorm ways to better manage their time

D.

Begin tracking the stressed team member's tasks in a separate backlog for additional analysis and reporting

A development team is calculating the number of story points they have completed at the end of an iteration. Although quality assurance (QA) passed and successfully demonstrated one feature, it is not being included in the release package.

Should the team add the feature's story points to their burndown chart?

A.

Yes because the story has been tested and accepted by the business as per the definition of done (Do

B.

Yes, because the development work is complete and quality assurance (QA) and release are external dependencies.

C.

No. any work that is not released cannot be considered complete as per the definition of done (Do

D.

No, because the product owner has not reviewed the release implementation checklist for potential issues.

In companies where decision-making is driven by data analytics and unknown variables are addressed, what advantages does agile project execution offer over a predictive approach?

A.

A formalized agile approach offers controlled flexibility in dealing with unknown variables in a manner that adds business value.

B.

Agile is focused only on digital transformation project management, whereas a predictive approach focuses on traditional "brick and mortar" projects.

C.

The agile formal change management system is better able to deal with unknown variables.

D.

Agile is relatively new; therefore, it is inherently more aligned with data-analytic-based efforts.

An agile team is working on refining project requirements. Due to new dependencies uncovered in every working session, the team is unable to complete the detailed solution requirements. Instead of trying to complete requirements, what should the team do to work collaboratively to identify and prioritize the most important requirements and adapt to changes as needed?

A.

Report this as a blocker and ask senior management to provide the right subject matter experts (SMEs) until all the outstanding issues can be dosed.

B.

Identify the key business stakeholders and invite them to day-long sessions until all the dependencies and outstanding issues can be closed.

C.

Identify the key dependencies that need to be resolved in order of priority level so the user stories can meet the definition of ready (DoR) criteria.

D.

Report this as a blocker and ensure the product owner is able to deprioritize the issues so the user stories can meet the definition of ready (DoR) criteria.

A project team's manager is responsible for delivering a specific initiative for the organization. They are preparing for a monthly meeting where the manager will present on the current state of this initiative. The agile project lead sends the manager the following email with the current initiative status (see Exhibit A).

At the end of which sprint will the minimum viable product (MVP) be completed?

A.

7

B.

8

C.

9

D.

10

A.

The increase in velocity and cost

B.

A buffer in the sprint to mitigate unexpected risks

C.

Assigning extra points to each task to allow time for changes

D.

Stories describing infrastructure tasks and analysis tasks

An agile team is struggling with an issue. A team member mentions that another team had a similar issue that was resolved, but lessons learned documents are unavailable.

What should the agile practitioner do?

A.

Suggest that all agile teams share weekly reports on their projects.

B.

Encourage the team to independently find a solution.

C.

Work with the team to create a solution for disseminating team knowledge throughout the company.

D.

Recommend hiring an external expert to advise on the best methods for sharing knowledge among teams.

When preparing an analysis, what should be used to encourage stakeholders who are concerned about project failure to authorize the initial investment?

A.

Calculated planned percent complete (PPC)

B.

Many small minimally marketable features (MMFs)

C.

Story points rather than cost estimates

D.

Calculated earned value (EV)

An agile lead is experienced with predictive and agile approaches. The agile lead was recently invited by human resources (HR) to be part of a learning team. During roundtable discussions with the project management team, the agile lead states: "I foster a safe environment for disagreement so my team feels empowered to move forward without obstacles."

What is the agile lead attempting to highlight?

A.

Ownership, because team members will be in charge of whatever happens during the project life cycle.

B.

Conflict is not productive and team members should resolve issues by themselves.

C.

Better decision-making, because the team is encouraged to join in constructive conflict.

D.

Leaders should incentivize conflict because it is inevitable in the workplace.