2. What's one of the best ways to avoid the challenges with thecone of uncertainty? Select an...
Question:
2. What's one of the best ways to avoid the challenges with thecone of uncertainty?
Select an answer:
Focus on making a detailed plan that we'll guide teams throughthe uncertainty.
Accurately predict how everything will turn out so that youdon't need to worry about uncertainty.
Plan everything out at the beginning so that you don't have tomake changes later.
Don't make all your decisions at the beginning when you know theleast about how things will turn out.
8.
Your team has been working on a software project for over ayear. The software is behind schedule, so the executives havepressured the managers to try an agile approach. The manager foryour team says that there are three project milestones coming up inthe next six months. So the manager suggests that they simplyrename the three milestones Sprint 1, Sprint 2 and Sprint 3. What'sthe biggest challenge with this approach?
Select an answer:
It's unlikely that your team will get any benefit from an agilemindset by following existing practices.
Sprints are just agile milestones, so there's no reason torename them.
The most important thing is following agile practices, So theteam needs to be trained on these practices before making thechange.
In Scrum sprints are usually just two weeks long and these wouldbe several months.
4.
In the Agile Manifesto Principles 3 and 7 recommend continuoussoftware delivery in "weeks" as a measure of progress. What's oneof the ways an agile team can follow this principle?
Select an answer:
Be sure to wait a few weeks before delivering software.
Have weekly progress reports.
Deliver software in two-weeks iterations or "Sprints".
Continuously deliver software every week.
5.
When working with an agile team managers will often give up longterm plans for predictability. So why would an agile team be morepredictable?
Select an answer:
Agile teams work off long term plans.
Agile teams create two-week milestones that delivers predefinedfunctionality.
Agile teams commit to delivering part of the product every twoweeks.
Because agile teams don't plan, they deliver.
6.
Your agile team is set up a task board with a list of userstories under the "To Do" column. the Scrum Master says that theteam can pull out the cards in any order that they like. So thedevelopers for the team start working on user stories that theythink will be completed quickly. Is the Scrum Master right?
Select an answer:
Yes, if the developers work on the easiest stories then they'remore likely to finish them in the Sprint.
Yes, the team members should start the largest batches of workfirst.
No, the agile team should always work on the highest priorityuser stories first.
No, the Scrum Master should be the one who assigns eachdeveloper their story.
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Your agile team has a senior developer that's been with theorganization for nearly a decade. Whenever something goes wrongwith the product, the director pulls this person from the team tofix the trouble. What's likely to happen on your agile team whenthis person has pulled from their tasks?
Select an answer:
Agile teams are more flexible so this type of personnel changeshas little effect.
It's easily fixed because this developer will just hand offtheir work to the next person.
Agile teams work in close collaboration so this will likelycreate a backup.
Agile teams are designed to deal with these types ofchanges.
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