Hiro Takashimya

Which two ways of creating Scrum Teams are consistent with Scrum’s values?
(choose the best two answers)
A. Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams.
B. Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure.
C. The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments.
D. Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams.
E. Bring all the people together and let them self-organize into Scrum Teams.

Every Scrum Team should have:
(choose the best answer)
A. The competencies and skills needed to deliver an Increment in a Sprint.
B. At least one representative from each major department, such as, Quality Assurance, Development, and Marketing.
C. One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.

Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Product Owner.
B. The Developers.
C. The Scrum Team.
D. The Project Manager.

Who is accountable for tracking the remaining work toward the Sprint Goal?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Scrum Master.
B. The Project Manager.
C. The Product Owner.
D. The Developers.

True or False: Cross-functional teams are optimized to work on one technical layer of a system only (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).
A. True
B. False

You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using Scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system, i.e. one for the front-end, one for the middle tier, one for the back-end, and one for the interfaces and services. This resembles what is know as component teams. But you have read that it’s a good idea to have teams organized by feature.
What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
A. Component teams have all the specialized skills needed to focus on their key competency.
B. Component teams generally have the skills needed to create a working Increment of software that provides business value.
C. Because they have worked together for some time, they are likely able to start producing shippable Increments faster than new feature teams would.
D. There’s less initial disruption than reorganizing into new teams. As they start, they will discover what works best, and how to potentially re-organize toward this.
E. There are fewer cross-team dependencies than working in feature teams.