Agile Pop Quiz

Scrum Pillars & Values

1

This word describes visibility and establishes trust among all Scrum participants

Transparency

2

This is a characteristic of a Scrum Team and describes a high degree of autonomy where the Scrum Team is responsible for their own work

Self-Organising

3

Agile Manifesto says this - Individuals and Interactions over ____ & _______

Processes and Tools

4

_{What are the 3 pillars of Scrum?}

^{Inspection, Adaptation, Transparency}

5

The Agile Manifesto says this - Responding to change over following a _____

Plan

Scrum Roles

1

This person facilitates team decisions and ensures impediments are removed

Scrum Master

2

The Scrum Master is required to attend the daily Scrum - True or False

False (Although the Scrum Master can be present to help facilitate the Daily Scrum, this is not required. The Scrum Master ensures that a Daily Scrum takes place, but the Development Team is responsible for conducting the meeting)

3

This person is external to the Scrum Team with a specific interest in and knowledge of a product and is represented in the Scrum Events by the Product Owner     

Stakeholder

4

The Product Backlog is maintained exclusively by the Product Owner - True or False

False, (the Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering. It is perfectly fine for Development Team to be even more proactive and put items on the Product Backlog or re-order them)  

5

What is the maximum size recommended for a Development Team in a Scrum?

9 members, A larger team would require too much coordination

Agile

1

In 2001 several software industry leaders gathered at Snowbird ski resort and published this document describing a now famous approach to software development

Agile Manifesto

2

Sprint Backlog is something that Development Teams “commit” to  - True or False

False (It is perfectly fine — even natural — for Sprint Backlogs to change during the Sprint as Development Teams learn more about what is needed, and adapt accordingly.)

3

_{Which came first - Scrum or Agile?}

Scrum (Scrum was born out of the manufacturing industry in 1986 and subsequently extended by the software development industry as an agile methodology to counter established waterfall-style project management processes)

4

Waterfall projects have fixed requirements and usually negotiate Cost and Schedule. Agile projects negotiate this.

Scope

5

_{What are 2 different types of Agile Methodologies?}

Scrum and Kanban

Scrum Events

1

^{This is a 15 minute time-boxed event}

Daily Scrum

2

 This is a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created

Sprint

3

This event is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

Sprint Retrospective

4

_{The Sprint Review is a Demo - True or False}

False, (the event is about gathering feedback and navigating complexity together, not ‘selling the product’ or ‘accepting done work’)

5

How much is the maximum time recommended for Sprint Planning of a one-month sprint?

8 hours. (Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint).

Scrum Artifacts

1

_{An Agreement on how the Scrum Team chooses to work together}

Social Contract / Working Agreement

2

This is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog

Sprint Goal

3

This represents a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete

Definition of Done

4

This is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product

Product Backlog

5

_{This is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint}

^{Sprint Backlog}