Roles & Accountabilities
Which Scrum Role is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team
Product Owner
In Scrum, what is the time box used for Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation toward a Sprint Goal in pursuit of a Product Goal?
Iteration / Sprint
This Agile framework is based on empiricism and lean thinking and has 3 pre-defined roles in a self-managing team.
Scrum
Responding to Change over…
Following a plan
Name at least 2 Frameworks that embrace the Agile Manifesto OTHER THAN Scrum and Kanban.
Any 2 of:
XP, LeSS, SAFe, Lean Programming, DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method), Feature Driven Development
Which Scrum role is accountable for Scrum Team effectiveness (flow of customer value with minimized waste)?
The Scrum Master
What flow metric tracks the elapsed of a process flow from start to finish?
Cycle time
In this framework, work is visualized, WIP is limited, flow is maximized, policies are explicit, feedback loops are frequent, and improvements are made incrementally.
Kanban
True or False: One of the 12 Agile principles is "Working software is the primary measure of progress."
True
What is it called when more than one development team member is working on a single user story at the same time?
Swarming
These people impact the product and are crucial in providing the Agile team with a clear understanding of the business goals and priorities.
The Stakeholders
This agreed-upon measure is used to evaluate how well the organization is progressing toward the portfolio, large solution, program, and/or team's business and technical objectives.
Metric
Stories originated in this framework in the nineties.
Extreme Programming
Fill in the missing word:
The flow of ______ is seen as more important than keeping people busy.
Value or Work
A slogan to remind you to finish one thing completely before moving on to the next.
Stop starting, start finishing
In organizations pursuing agility, who inspects and adapts behavior to pursue the values and principles that underpin an Agile mindset?
Everyone
In Scrum, what are the three artifacts and their associated commitments for transparency and focus?
Product Backlog (Product Goal),
Sprint Backlog (Sprint Goal),
Increment (Definition of Done)
This framework is designed for large organizations and focuses on alignment, collaboration and delivery at scale.
SAFe / Scaled Agile Framework OR LeSS (Large Scale Scrum)
What does the 'N' represent in the INVEST criteria for user stories?
Negotiable
In Scaled Agile, what is often the most important backlog item, tracked and reported to clients and stakeholders?