Answering: “True or False: A critical responsibility of an Agile leader is to create an environment where agility is supported and to help remove impediments to delivering “done” products.”

True or False: A critical responsibility of an Agile leader is to create an environment where agility is supported and to help remove impediments to delivering “done” products.
A. True
B. False

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Answering: “You are the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for your company. Several important customers have asked for a particular feature that is not part of the next release of a product. The Product Owner feels that this feature is not as important as other features for the product’s target market. You think the Product Owner may not have all the information that they need to make this decision. In response, what should you do?”

You are the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for your company. Several important customers have asked for a particular feature that is not part of the next release of a product. The Product Owner feels that this feature is not as important as other features for the product’s target market. You think the Product Owner may not have all the information that they need to make this decision. In response, what should you do?
(choose the best answer)
A. Lobby Developers who you think may support your position, in the hope of gaining more support for the idea.
B. Help connect the Product Owner with the customers, to understand first-hand the problems the customers are trying to solve, but ultimately leave the decision whether to engage or not with the Product Owner.
C. Lobby other stakeholders to express support for adding the feature, to put more pressure on the Product Owner.
D. Speak with the Product Owner’s manager and the division head to express your concerns, hoping to get the features back into the release.
E. Talk to the customers, encouraging them to escalate their concerns to the support organization to put pressure on the Product Owner to change direction.

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Answering: “Which of the following is NOT a good reason to keep a team together for an extended period of time?”

Which of the following is NOT a good reason to keep a team together for an extended period of time?
(choose the best answer)
A. To improve team collaboration.
B. To make forecasting more consistent.
C. To improve utilization.
D. To improve a team’s focus.
E. To improve the exchange of expertise within the development team.

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Answering: “What is an important responsibility of an agile leader?”

What is an important responsibility of an agile leader?
(choose the best answer)
A. Hire team members and organize teams.
B. Set Sprint Goals and make sure the team achieves those goals.
C. Ensure teams have what they need to succeed and help them to remove impediments.
D. Set priorities, plan work, monitor progress, and take corrective action.
E. Prioritize work; make sure that high value work gets done.

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Answering: “You manage a product development organization and have several agile teams working on one product. How can you find out which team is performing the best?”

You manage a product development organization and have several agile teams working on one product. How can you find out which team is performing the best?
(choose the best answer)
A. Comparing team performance often leads to unhealthy behaviors. Instead, focus on identifying and eliminating impediments that hinder team performance.
B. You need to normalize the estimates across the Scrum Teams and based on that create a balanced scorecard.
C. You need to look at several trends of different measures such as velocity, defects, and technical debt to get a picture of how the team is performing.
D. The one with the highest velocity is performing the best.

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