You are the Director responsible for a significant new multi-team, multi-product initiative. How would you help the teams get started?
(choose the best answer)
A. Explain to each team the goal of the initiative and how success will be measured, and agree with them on how they will provide appropriate transparency.
B. Just start – the details will emerge over time; the teams are self-organizing.
C. Create a resourcing plan which specifies which team is going to work on specific features.
D. Meet with the teams and tell them what sort of reporting you need.

What are the most important characteristics of a strategic goal?
(choose the best two answers)
A. It is measurable.
B. It is time-bound.
C. It is specific.
D. It is realistic.
E. It is actionable.

What are the minimum essential characteristics of a good strategic goal?
(choose the best two answers)
A. The goal states the time frame in which it must be achieved.
B. The goal is realistically achievable.
C. The goal is specific about what needs to be achieved to meet the goal.
D. The goal is actionable.
E. Achievement of the goal can be measured.

An organization with many products struggles to deliver timely product releases. When asked why, teams say that they do not have enough people to get their work done, and team members shared between teams slows work down further. What can the organization do to improve?
(choose the best answer)
A. Hire more people to work on the teams, to finish the features faster.
B. Reduce the number of products to improve focus and reduce sharing.
C. Improve planning and coordination to reduce cross-team conflicts.
D. All of the above.

Which of the following statements about goals is true?
(choose the best answer)
A. Goals do not need to be measurable as long as they are broken down into sub-goals that are measurable.
B. Goals should not change, if a goal changes it was not a good goal.
C. Goals should be broken down into sub-goals that can be assigned to specific teams or individuals.
D. A good goal must be specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and time-bound.
E. None of the above.

You have many customers on older releases who express frustration that they cannot adopt your latest releases as fast as you release them. At the same time, you are in a competitive market and you feel that you need to stay ahead of competitors. With every new release, you are spread more thin because you also have to fix defects and make enhancements to older releases. What should you do in response?
(choose the best answer)
A. Focus development on adding features to make upgrading easier and less risky.
B. Add customer support staff to help customers with their upgrade challenges.
C. Slow down the release cycles so customers have more time to catch-up.
D. Create a maintenance team to support older products.