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A newly formed development team experienced difficulty with accurately estimating product backlog items. As a result, the team failed to deliver all of the features in the sprint backlog for the past two iterations.
What should the team do to improve the accuracy of their estimates?
A newly formed development team experienced difficulty with accurately estimating product backlog items. As a result, the team failed to deliver all of the features in the sprint backlog for the past two iterations. What should the team do to improve the accuracy of their estimates?
- Decrease the sprint time box until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
- Discuss estimating techniques in the daily scrum meeting (correct)
- Increase the size of the development team until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
- Begin tracking estimated effort metrics as an input to performance evaluation
Midway through a sprint, the scrum master identifies that reassigning a certain task could help the team meet its sprint's goals.
What should the scrum master do next?
Midway through a sprint, the scrum master identifies that reassigning a certain task could help the team meet its sprint's goals. What should the scrum master do next?
- Alert the team that sprint goals might not be met and create an alternative plan
- Obtain team buy-in to perform modifications to the sprint backlog
- Have the sprint proceed as planned (correct)
- Ask the team to decide if the task should be reassigned
During the iteration planning of a newly on boarded agile team, the product owner adds a set of high priority user stories into the iteration backlog.
What should the team do first to define the tasks need to implement the user stories?
During the iteration planning of a newly on boarded agile team, the product owner adds a set of high priority user stories into the iteration backlog. What should the team do first to define the tasks need to implement the user stories?
- Self-organize (correct)
- Assign tasks to each team member
- Meet with the customer
- Identify the scrum master
A project's first iteration contains item A, and its second iteration contains item B. The first iteration is behind schedule, which will impact the second iteration.
Since items A and B are similar, a team member suggests beginning the design of item B.
What should the agile practitioner do?
A project's first iteration contains item A, and its second iteration contains item B. The first iteration is behind schedule, which will impact the second iteration. Since items A and B are similar, a team member suggests beginning the design of item B. What should the agile practitioner do?
An Agile team is under pressure to deliver an application. The product owner anticipates many change requests from customers once the product is released.
What should the agile team do?
An Agile team is under pressure to deliver an application. The product owner anticipates many change requests from customers once the product is released. What should the agile team do?
During iteration planning, it was determined that an epic should be decomposed.
What was the determining factor?
During iteration planning, it was determined that an epic should be decomposed. What was the determining factor?
What should a scrum master do when one team member falls behind in their tasks?
What should a scrum master do when one team member falls behind in their tasks?
A newly formed scrum team wants to foster an environment for transparency and experimentation. The team decides to use a Kanban board to record and track encountered impediments. Emphasis is placed on how issues are resolved and the strategies for preventing them in the future.
Over time, what will be the result of this approach?
A newly formed scrum team wants to foster an environment for transparency and experimentation. The team decides to use a Kanban board to record and track encountered impediments. Emphasis is placed on how issues are resolved and the strategies for preventing them in the future. Over time, what will be the result of this approach?
A mature agile team welcomes a new member. Due to poor experiences with a previous team, the new member is reluctant to communicate.
What should be the agile project leader do?
A mature agile team welcomes a new member. Due to poor experiences with a previous team, the new member is reluctant to communicate. What should be the agile project leader do?
During a sprint, the team encounters a technical problem that becomes an impediment to completing two stories.
What should the scrum master do?
During a sprint, the team encounters a technical problem that becomes an impediment to completing two stories. What should the scrum master do?
