Answering: “True or False: When Scrum is implemented correctly, managers are no longer needed.”
True or False: When Scrum is implemented correctly, managers are no longer needed.
A. True
B. False
Answering: “A new agile initiative is being mobilized, and you are the manager tasked with staffing the teams. How do you decide to which team each member should belong?”
A new agile initiative is being mobilized, and you are the manager tasked with staffing the teams. How do you decide to which team each member should belong?
(choose the best answer)
A. Bring together interested people, discuss product goals, remind teams that they need to balance skills and experience, and let the teams self-organize.
B. Group people together who already know each other from previous teams.
C. Group people together based on which components of the system they are most familiar with.
D. Group people together who have a similar skillset to maximize efficiency and utilization.
E. Assign people to teams in such a way that balance skills, experience and seniority as evenly as possible.
Answering: “When a Scrum Team fails to deliver a working product increment for several Sprints in a row, who is responsible for resolving this situation?”
When a Scrum Team fails to deliver a working product increment for several Sprints in a row, who is responsible for resolving this situation?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Developers.
B. The Product Owner.
C. The Team Lead.
D. The Project Manager.
E. The Scrum Team.
F. All of the above.
Answering: “The stakeholders for a new commercial product cannot reach a consensus about what the product should do, or the customers it should satisfy. If you are the Product Owner, what can you do to help the stakeholders reach consensus?”
The stakeholders for a new commercial product cannot reach a consensus about what the product should do, or the customers it should satisfy. If you are the Product Owner, what can you do to help the stakeholders reach consensus?
(choose the best answer)
A. Spend more time with the stakeholders to try to forge a consensus. In the meantime, the Developers can work on the architecture of the product which needs to be done anyway.
B. Without a clear vision for the product, the Scrum Team will be wasting it’s time. They should work on something else while the product vision is being clarified.
C. Run experiments by building and delivering selective aspects of the product to test the market and get feedback on market needs and alternatives.
D. Work with the product sponsor to understand their priorities and reflect those in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
Answering: “True or False: Leadership/management attendance at every Sprint Retrospective is a good management practice.”
True or False: Leadership/management attendance at every Sprint Retrospective is a good management practice.
A. True
B. False
Answering: “True or False: The most important function of an Agile manager is to set goals and hold people accountable for their commitments.”
True or False: The most important function of an Agile manager is to set goals and hold people accountable for their commitments.
A. True
B. False