SCRUM Exam Questions and Answers

Three pillars of empirical process control are - ANSWER Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation Scrum does not have a role called project manager. - ANSWER True Development Team membership should change: - ANSWER As n ...

Three pillars of empirical process control are - ANSWER Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation Scrum does not have a role called project manager. - ANSWER True Development Team membership should change: - ANSWER As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to: - ANSWER Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box. Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint? - ANSWER The Development Team Roles on a Scrum Team - ANSWER Development Team, Product Owner and Scrum Master Upon what type of process control is Scrum based - ANSWER Empirical The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do? - ANSWER Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO. What is the role of Management in Scrum? - ANSWER 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. The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is: - ANSWER 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter. Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly? - ANSWER The Product Owner What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? - ANSWER By facilitating Development Team decisions. By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint. - ANSWER False What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box? - ANSWER The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time. The purpose of a Sprint is: - ANSWER The purpose of a Sprint is to have a working increment of product done before the Sprint Review. To produce a done increment of working product. When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated? - ANSWER When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog. - ANSWER False The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is - ANSWER 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter. Describe a Sprint Review? - ANSWER It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next. When do Development Team members become the exclusive owner of a Sprint Backlog item? - ANSWER 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. The Product Backlog is ordered by: - ANSWER Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner. When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "done?" - ANSWER All Development Teams must have a definition of "done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable. When is a Sprint over? - ANSWER When the time-box expires. Which two (2) things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint? - ANSWER Deliver an increment of releasable software. Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality. Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog? - ANSWER The Product Owner When does the next Sprint begin? - ANSWER Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. The Development Team should have all the skills needed to: - ANSWER Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? - ANSWER The consistency reduces complexity and overhead. Which statement best describes Scrum? - ANSWER A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed. Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum? - ANSWER The Development Team. Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily Scrum. If the Scrum Master or Product Owner is also on the Development Team, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum. Otherwise, the Scrum Master simply has to make sure the Development Team knows how to conduct a Daily Scrum and does so. How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint? - ANSWER 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. Scrum is founded on: - ANSWER Empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Who is responsible for registering the work estimates during a Sprint? - ANSWER The Development Team. Scrum Master is a "management" position? - ANSWER True. The Scrum Master manages the Scrum process. If the Scrum Master is not a management position, he or she may not have the influence to remove impediments. What Scrum Master Manages? - ANSWER The Scrum Master does not manage the team. What is the maximum length of a Sprint? - ANSWER Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner; Not so long that other business events can't be readily synchronized with the development work; no more than one calendar month. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? - ANSWER It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint. What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)? - ANSWER 3 to 9 The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected. - ANSWER True. As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges. - ANSWER True. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team. - ANSWER True. An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done? - ANSWER Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. Management may feel less anxious. What is Scrum? - ANSWER A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products. What should be taken into account for the Definition of "Done"? - ANSWER Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on the same Product Conventions, standards and guidelines of the Organization The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including: - ANSWER Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption; Planning Scrum implementations within the organization; Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development; Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team; Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization. What comprises Scrum? - ANSWER The Scrum framework consists of Scrum Teams and their associated roles; events; artifacts; rules. What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize? - ANSWER The team model in Scrum is designed to optimize flexibility, creativity, and productivity. What are Product Backlog features? - ANSWER It is never complete; As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists; It is dynamic. What are the Scrum Artifacts? - ANSWER Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Increment What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? - ANSWER How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved? What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint? What are the two essential features a Scrum Team should possess? - ANSWER It should choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team. It should have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for a particular project. - ANSWER False What is the Increment? - ANSWER The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints What happens during the Sprint? - ANSWER Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned Quality goals do not decrease No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal How frequently should scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal? - ANSWER Frequently, but it should not get in the way of the work. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the remaining work towards the Project Goal? - ANSWER The Product Owner. Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal - ANSWER The Development Team What could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product? - ANSWER Only Product backlog What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment? - ANSWER The Sprint Goal What does Cone of Uncertainty show? - ANSWER The evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project. What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? - ANSWER Any completed and "Done" Product Backlog items are reviewed If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog What belongs solely to the Development Team? - ANSWER The Sprint Backlog How does Definition of "Done" help to the Scrum Team? - ANSWER DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning DoD ensures artifact transparency What is the Sprint Backlog? - ANSWER The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length? - ANSWER NO The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum - ANSWER Teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box Ensures that the Development Team has the meeting Enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product? - ANSWER The order of the Product Backlog Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases What is a key way for a Product Owner to apply validated learning? - ANSWER Release an Increment to the market to learn about the business assumptions built into the product. What are two typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint? - ANSWER Work with the Development Team on Product Backlog refinement. Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities and product managers How can a Product Owner use time-boxed Sprints to obtain feedback from users and the market? - ANSWER Through frequent delivery of Increments of the product into the market. It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of Product Backlog through: - ANSWER Any projective practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product? - ANSWER The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical debt. Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on maintenance of the product. How does an organization know that a product built through Scrum is successful? - ANSWER By releasing often, and updating key performance indicators (KPIs) on value after every release and feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog. What pre-conditions must be fulfilled in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin - ANSWER There are no such pre-conditions. What two things should be done if the Product Owner is unavailable? - ANSWER 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. In a permanent state of unavailability, a new Product Owner needs to be appointed. Development efforts without a Product Owner are not employing Scrum Which two statements explain why the definition of "Done" is important to the Product Owner? - ANSWER It assures the Increment reviewed at the Sprint review is usable so the Product Owner may choose to release it. Sprint Retrospective topics include (choose all that apply): - ANSWER The definition of 'Done.' Potential improvements The way the team estimates work How well the team collaborates with stakeholders Incorporating feedback from the demo(demonstration/Sprint Review) Which two things does a Scrum Master do if the Development Team doesn't have the engineering tools and infrastructure to completely finish any Product Backlog items? - ANSWER Have the Team define "done" and do the same work for all Product Backlog items it selects. Have the Team improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and adjust the definition of done; accordingly.