Answering: “How should the creation of the Sprint Goal be facilitated?”

How should the creation of the Sprint Goal be facilitated?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Sprint Goal is created before the Sprint by the Product Owner; its creation is not something that needs a facilitated group discussion.
B. Once the Product Backlog items for the Sprint are selected, a discussion should be facilitated to articulate a Sprint Goal.
C. Applying any technique that enables the whole Scrum Team to collaboratively create the Sprint Goal before the end of the Sprint Planning event.
D. At the start of Sprint Planning, a fist-of-five should be used to check consensus on the order of the Product Backlog. If there is consensus, completing the top items becomes the goal for the next Sprint.

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Answering: “As a facilitator what outcome(s) do you guide the Scrum Team towards when facilitating the Sprint Planning?”

As a facilitator what outcome(s) do you guide the Scrum Team towards when facilitating the Sprint Planning?
(choose the best answer)
A. A shared understanding of the Sprint Goal.
B. A selection of Product Backlog items for the Sprint that contribute to the Sprint Goal.
C. A plan with enough detail for the first few days of the Sprint.
D. All of the above.

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Answering: “You are facilitating a company-wide meeting. You are prepared with fun icebreakers and interesting exercises. Five minutes into the meeting, everyone seems disengaged. Why might the team be disengaged?”

You are facilitating a company-wide meeting. You are prepared with fun icebreakers and interesting exercises. Five minutes into the meeting, everyone seems disengaged. Why might the team be disengaged?
(choose the best answer)
A. You came prepared with exercises that do not relate to connecting people to each other or the objective of the meeting.
B. You did not state the rules of engagement before the start of the meeting.
C. You ran exercises and fun icebreakers that are not appropriate for the executive level staff that attend.
D. You did not warn people beforehand that this would be an interactive session with fun exercises.

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Answering: “During the past two Sprint Retrospectives, group conversations have been over quickly and there appears to be no conflict on the team. The team agrees they are doing great and struggle to find improvements to implement in the next Sprint. How can you help the Scrum Team improve continuously?”

During the past two Sprint Retrospectives, group conversations have been over quickly and there appears to be no conflict on the team. The team agrees they are doing great and struggle to find improvements to implement in the next Sprint. How can you help the Scrum Team improve continuously?
(choose the best answer)
A. Management should define a new set of key performance indicators that are challenging for the team to achieve.
B. Fundamentally change the format of the Retrospective to promote the identification of ways to improve.
C. Create an incentive scheme that rewards individuals for exceptional performance.
D. They should stop running retrospectives, there are clearly no further improvements that can be made and the time that is saved can be used to work on development work.

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Answering: “Which of the following describes the facilitation technique known as 1-2-4-All?”

Which of the following describes the facilitation technique known as 1-2-4-All?
(choose the best answer)
A. A technique for facilitating the Daily Scrum where discussions are based on work items in order of priority.
B. A retrospective technique used for team building.
C. A way for a Scrum Team to forecast the number of Product Backlog items it can achieve in a Sprint based on historical throughput.
D. An inclusive technique to generate ideas and build toward consensus with a large group.
E. A way of relative sizing Product Backlog items.

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