Question: When working with an agile team managers will often give up long term plans for predictability. So why would an agile team be more predictable?

When working with an agile team managers will often give up long term plans for predictability. So why would an agile team be more predictable?

Select an answer:

  • Agile teams work off long term plans.

  • Agile teams create two-week milestones that delivers predefined functionality.

  • Agile teams commit to delivering part of the product every two weeks.

  • Because agile teams don't plan, they deliver

Your agile team is set up a task board with a list of user stories under the "To Do" column. the Scrum Master says that the team can pull out the cards in any order that they like. So the developers for the team start working on user stories that they think will be completed quickly. Is the Scrum Master right?

Select an answer:

  • Yes, if the developers work on the easiest stories then they're more likely to finish them in the Sprint.

  • Yes, the team members should start the largest batches of work first.

  • No, the agile team should always work on the highest priority user stories first.

  • No, the Scrum Master should be the one who assigns each developer their story.

In the penny game exercise, why do you think it takes longer for one person to flip five batches of two pennies then one batch of ten pennies?

Select an answer:

  • You have less collaboration on one large batch of work.

  • A batch of ten pennies requires much more multitasking.

  • The more handoffs you have the more quickly you can deliver the work.

  • Five batches of two pennies requires much more flipping.

Your team has been working on a software project for over a year. The software is behind schedule, so the executives have pressured the managers to try an agile approach. The manager for your team says that there are three project milestones coming up in the next six months. So the manager suggests that they simply rename the three milestones Sprint 1, Sprint 2 and Sprint 3. What's the biggest challenge with this approach?

Select an answer:

  • It's unlikely that your team will get any benefit from an agile mindset by following existing practices.

  • Sprints are just agile milestones, so there's no reason to rename them.

  • The most important thing is following agile practices, So the team needs to be trained on these practices before making the change.

  • In Scrum sprints are usually just two weeks long and these would be several months.

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