Agile Fundamentals
What is the Agile @ UBS Playbook?
This UBS resource defines the unified Agile operating model, including roles, events, and principles, and serves as a guide for how teams work.
The Scrum role accountable for maximizing value and prioritizing the work.
What is the Product Owner?
The prioritized list of everything that might be needed in the product.
What is the Product Backlog?
Name 2 of the 3 coachella headliners in 2026
Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G
Who is the CEO of UBS?
Sergio Ermotti
What are Agile events?
These are recurring collaboration touchpoints in Agile@UBS that enable coordination, communication, and continuous improvement.
The short daily event where the team synchronizes and plans for the next 24 hours.
What is the Daily Scrum (stand-up)?
A short description of functionality from a user perspective, often: “As a ___, I want ___, so that ___.”
What is a User Story?
What teams are playing in the NBA finals right now?
San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks
Which planet is the only one in our solar system to rotate clockwise?
Venus
What is the order of Agile@UBS structure
At UBS, teams are structured hierarchically in Agile as Streams at the highest level, followed by Crews, and then Pods at the most granular level.
The event where the team and stakeholders inspect what was built and discuss what to do next.
What is the Sprint Review?
The conditions that must be met for a story to be considered complete.
What are Acceptance Criteria?
What streaming service created the hit show Stranger Things?
Netflix
What US political figure is there a statue of outside the Weehawken office?
Alexander Hamilton
What is a Pod?
This is the smallest Agile@UBS unit, where cross-functional team members collaborate directly to deliver specific work and outcomes.
The event focused on improving how the team works, not what they built.
What is the Sprint Retrospective?
A shared checklist the team agrees defines “done” for work (quality gates, tests, review, etc.).
What is the Definition of Done?
What was the first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?
Shrek
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes
Name the four Agile values (any order)
What are Individuals & interactions; Working software; Customer collaboration; Responding to change?
The Scrum role that coaches the team in Scrum, removes impediments, and supports effectiveness.
What is the Scrum Master?
A large body of work that can be broken down into smaller stories
What is an Epic?
What country is the only one to have qualified for every single FIFA World Cup?
Brazil
The word “karaoke” comes from Japanese meaning “empty” what?
What is empty orchestra?