Question: 1. Whatar et wogoodwa waysf ort hedevel opmentt eam t oma makenonf unct i onalr equi r eme ment svi si bl e?
2. Wh ata r et wowa wa y st h ata r c h i t e c t u r ea ndi nf r a st r uc t ur ea r eh a ndl e di nSc r u m? m? a ) T he yar edi s c us s eddu r i n gPr o du ctBa ck l o gr e fin eme nta ndar ede v el o pe do nl ya l o ngwi t hs el e ct e df u nc t i o na l i t y . b ) T he yar ead de dt ot h ePr o du ctBa c kl o ga ndad dr e ss edi nea r l ySp r i n t s ,wh i l eal wa y sr e q ui r i n ga tl e as ts omebu si n es s f unc t i onal i t y ,noma mat t erhows mal ma l . c ) T he yar ebu i l tb yas ep ar at et eam t hr ou ght hecr ea t i onofa nar c hi t e ct ur a lr u nwa y . d )T he ya r ed i s c u s s ed ,d e t e r mi n ed ,a n dd oc u me me nt e db ef o r et h ea c t u al f e at u r ed ev e l o pme ntSp r i n t s . >Iwo ul ds aya )a n db )?
3. Whatar et wot hi ngsagr oupof100peopl eshoul dt akei nt oaccountwhent heyar ef ormi mi ngi nt omu mul t i pl eScr um Te ams ms? a )Th es k i l l sne ed edf o rt h es pe ci fi ct e ch ni c al l a y ert h et e am wi l l d ev e l o p( s uc ha sd at a ba seo rUI ) b )T h emi x t u r eofs e ni o ra n dj u ni o rp e op l eonea c ht e am c )T hee ffe cto ft e am s i z eo nt h et e am' sab i l i t yt owo r kt o ge t h er d )T hemi x t u r eo fs k i l l si nea cht e am t oav o i dde pe nd en ci e so ne x t e r n al e x pe r t s >It h i nka)a ndb )?
4. Whatar et wogoodwaysf oraScr um Team t oensur et hatsecuri t yconcernsar esat i sfied? AddaSpr i ntt os pe ci fi c al l yr e s ol v ea l l s ec ur i t ycon cer ns . a) Pos t pon et hewor kunt i l as pec i al i s tc anpe r f or m as ec ur i t yaud i ta ndc r e at eal i s to fs e c ur i t y r el at e dPr o du ctBa ck l ogi t ems . b ) De l e ga t et h ewo r kt ot h ec o nc e r n e dd ep ar t me nt . c ) Ad ds ec ur i t yco nc er n st ot h ed efi ni t i o no f" Do ne " . d ) Ha v et h eSc r u mT e a mc r e a t ePr o d uc tBa c k l o gi t e msf ms o re a c hc on c e r n . >It h i nkc )a ndd )?
5. Cur r e nt l y ,y ou rDe v el op me me ntT e amsar eor ga ni z e dt oa ddr e s sasi ng l el a y ero nl y( f o re x amp l e ,f r o nte nd,mi dd l et i e r , backend,andi nt er f aces) .Whatar et hreet hi ngst oconsi derwhendeci di ngt omoveawa wayf r om suchcomp mponent t eams mst owa war df eat ur et eams ms? a )Pr o du c t i v i t yma ma ys uff e rwh enma k i n gt h i sk i n do fmo v e . b )Y ouc an no td oSc r u m wi t h ou tf e at u r et e ams .
c )Wi t hf e at ur et eams ,i ti seas i ert oc al c ul at et h epr oduc t i v i t ypert eam. d )F e at u r et e a msha v el e s sc o mmu ni c a t i o no v e r h e ad . e)Ge t t i ngsup por t f r om t hebus i ne sss i defi r s the l p s.
6 . Wh a ta r et h r e eb e ne fi t so fs e l f o r g a ni z i n g ? 7. 1)Sel ectt wowaysi nwhi cht echni caldebti mpact st r anspar ency. a )I te nh an c est r a ns p ar e nc yf o rt h ePr o du c tOwn era saDe v e l o pme ntT e am i sno ta l l o we dt od oa dd i t i o na lf e at u r e de v el opme nti naSp r i nta sl on gast her ei st e chni c al d eb t . b )Asd ev e l o pme ntp r o g r e s s esa ndc od ei sa dd ed ,t h es y s t e mb ec ome smo r ed i ffic ul tt os t a bi l i z e,wh i c hr e s ul t si nf u t u r ewo r k b ei n gs l o we dd owni nun pr e di c t a bl ewa y s . c )I tl e ad st of al s eas s ump t i on sa bo utt h ec ur r e nts t at eoft hesy s t em,s pe ci fi c al l yofa nI nc r e me ntbe i ngr e l e as abl eatt heen d ofaSpr i nt . d )Wh enc al c ul a t e da ndes t i ma t e d,t h et o t a la mo un to ft e ch ni c al d eb ts ho wse x ac t l yh owl o ngun t i l t h ePr o du ctOwn erc an r e l e as et h eI n cr e me nt . >It h i nkb)&c ) , t ha ti sdes t ab i l i z et hes y st em a ndc r e at e sf a l s ea ss ump t i on s.
2)ADevel opmentTeam sel ect sasetofProductBackl ogi t emsf oraSpri ntBackl ogwi t ht hei nt entt ogett he sel ect edi t ems"Done"byt heendoft heSpri nt .Whi cht hreephrasesbestdescri bet hepur poseofhavi nga defini t i onof" Done"? a )I tt r a ck st h ep er c en tc o mp l e t e ne ssofaPr o du ctBa ck l o gi t e m. b)I tde fin eswha ti tt a kesf o ra nI nc r emen tt ober e ad yf o rr el ea se. c )I tc ont r ol swhe t h ert hede v el op er sha veper f or medt he i rt a sk s . d)I tc r e at e st r an sp ar en cyo ve rt h ewor ki ns pec t edatt heSpr i ntRe vi e w. e)I tpr o vi d esat emp l at ef o re l emen t st hatne edt obei nc l u dedi nt het ec hn i c al d oc ument at i o n. f )I tgu i de st heDe vel o pmentT eam i ncr ea t i ngaf or e ca sta tt heSp r i ntPl a nn i n g. >a) ,b)&f )?
3 )Wh i c ht wowa y so fc r e at i n gDe v e l o pme ntT e amsa r ec on s i s t e ntwi t hSc r u m' sv a l u es ? a )T h eCh i e fPr o d uc tOwn e rd e t e r mi n e st h en e wt e am s t r u c t u r e sa n da s s i g nme n t s . b )Br i n ga l l t h ed ev el o pe r st o ge t h era ndl e tt h em s el f o r g a ni z ei n t oDe v el o pme ntT ea ms . c )Ma na ge r sp er s on al l yr e a s s i g nc u r r e nts ub or d i n at e st one wt e ams . d )Ex i s t i n gt e amspr o po seho wt h eywo ul dl i k et og oa bo uto r g a ni z i n gi n t ot h en ews t r u ct u r e . e )Ma na ge r sc ol l a bo r a t et oa ss i g ni n di v i d ua l st os p ec i fi ct e ams . >b)a ndd)b ec au s eo fs el f o r g a ni z i n gt e ams ?
4 )Y ouh a v ej u s tb e enh i r e db yac omp an yn e wt oSc r u m.Y ou rma n ag e me nth a sas s i g n edy o ut ob et h eSc r u m Ma s t e ro fs i x n ewSc r u mT ea ms .Th es et e amswi l l b ui l do nepr o du ct .Se l e ctt woc on di t i o nsy ous h ou l dst r i v ef o ri nt h i ss c en ar i o : a )Th e r es ho u l dbes i xPr o d uc tOwn e r s ,o n ef o re a c hSc r u mT e am. b )Th epr o du c th aso nePr o du c tBa c k l o g. c )Th e r es h o ul dbeon l yo nePr o du c tOwn er . d )T he r es h ou l db es i xPr o du c tOwn er s ,r e po r t i n gt oac h i e fP r o d u c tOwn er .
e )Ea c hSc r u mT e am s h o ul dh av eas e p ar a t ePr o d uc tBa c k l o g . >d efi ni t el yb) ,an dd )?
5)Howshoul dPr oductBackl ogi t emsbechosenwhenmul t i pl eScr um Teamswor kf r om t hesamePr oductBackl og? a )Th ePr o d uc tOwn e rd e c i d e s . b )T h eDe v e l o pme ntT e amsp ul l i nwo r ki na gr e eme n twi t ht h ePr o d uc tOwn e r . c )Th eSc r u mT ea m wi t ht h eh i g he stv e l o ci t ypu l l sPr o du ctBa c kl o gi t e msfi r s t . dIEachScr um Team t akesanequalnumberofi t ems. e )Th ePr o du c tOwn ers h ou l dpr o v i d ee ac ht e am wi t hi t so wnPr o du c tBa c k l o g. >Ib al a nc ebe t we ena)a ndb) .Iwo ul ds aya )b e c a us et h ePr o du c tOwn erh ast h el a s two r dt os aya ndt h eT e am i so nl y r es pons i bl ef ort hespr i ntbac kl og.
1 ) Fr o mt h el i s tb el o w,wh ati st h emo s ti mp or t a ntc o nc e r nf o rmu l t i p l eDe v el o pme ntT e amswh ent h ey a r ewo r k i n gf r o mt h es a mePr o d uc tBa c k l o g? a )Ma k i n gs u r et h er e ' se no ug hwo r kf o re v e r y o neonev e r yt e am b )Mi n i mi z i n gd ep en de n c i e sbe t we ent e ams c )Meet i ngor i gi nal s copepr oj ec t i ons d)Cl eardefi ni t i onofr equ i r e ment s An s we r :a ) 2 )T we l v e( 1 2)Sc r u mT ea msar ewo r k i n go nasi n gl epr o du ct .Wh i c ho neoft h ef o l l o wi n gSp r i n t Pl anni ngf or mat si smos tl i k el yt obeeff ec t i v e? a )Pr o du c tOwn er sa ndma na ge me ntma ye mp l o yaPr e Sp r i n tPl a nn i n gMe e t i n gt opl a nt h eg oa l s a ndc on t e nto fa nu pc o mi n gSp r i n t .Th ePl a nn i n gT e am t h ens h ar e st h ewo r ka s si g nme nt si nt h e Sp r i n tPl a nn i n gMe et i n gt ot h eDe v el o pme ntT ea mswh owi l l a ct u al l yc r e at et h ep r o du ctI n cr e me nt . b )Al l Sc r u mT ea msme ett o ge t h era tt h es amet i mei nas ha r e dl o ca t i o n,a ndt h ePr o du ctBa ck l o gi s v i s i b l et oa l l .Sc r u mT ea msfi gu r eo utwh atSp r i n tGo al san dPr o du ctBa ck l o gt h eywi l l wo r ko ni n t h eu pc o mi n gSp r i n t .Th eyc o or d i n at ed ep en de nc i e s ,s h i f tt e am me mb er sasn ee de d,a ndc r e at e Spr i ntBac k l ogs . c )Pr o d uc tOwn er sa ndr e pr e s e nt a t i v e sf r o mt h eDe v e l o pme ntT e amsme e tt od efi n eg oa l s ,a nd s el e ctPr o du ctBa ck l o gi t e ms .De v el o pme ntT ea mr e pr e se nt a t i v e st h ent a k et h ea ss i g ne dPr o du ct Ba ck l o gi t e msba ckt ot h ei rDe v el o pme ntT ea msf o rd e co mp os i t i o ni n t oaSp r i n tBa ck l o g. An s we r :b ) I si tago odi d eat oha v er e pr e s en t a t i v e sf r o m De vT ea m wh ent h er ear et o oma nys c r u mt e ams .I h av ewo r k e di nap r o j e ctwi t h3s c r u mt e ams .Th ati t s el fh asbe ens ome t i me sc ha ot i c .Th i s q ues t i o nst a l k sa bo ut1 2s c r u mt e ams . 3 )A2 00 0p er s o ns o f t wa r ec o mp an yh asb ee nl o s i n gmo ne ya ndma r k e ts h a r ef o r3c on s e c ut i v e y e ar s .Th eCEO h aswo r k e dh ar do nt h el a s tr e so r t ,ame r g erwi t has of t wa r eg i a nt .Aspa r t o ft h i s me r g ert h eCEO f e e l st h ec o mp an yne ed st o" g oa gi l e , "a ndwa nt sa l l 2 00t e amst ous eSc r u ma s s oonaspos s i bl e.Whi c hoft hef ol l o wi ngs t r at e gi e si st hebes tc our s eofac t i on? a )As s i g nt h et e amst h eg oa lo fg oi n ga gi l ei nas mo o t hma nn er .Ha v eal l t e am me mb er sb ec o me c er t i fi edt ode mo ns t r a t et h eyh av eba si ck n owl e dg ei nSc r u m wi t h i n3mo nt h s.As s es s me ntr e su l t s s houl dber e vi e wedc ol l abor at i v el ybyt heAgi l ebl ac kbel t soft hec ompan y .Agi l eb l ac kbel t smu st b ec er t i fi edwi t ha tl e as ta9 5% p as s i n gg r a de .
b)Depr ec at eal l ol dpr oc edur es ,pos i t i ons ,t i t l esandf unc t i ondes cr i pt i ons .Repl ac et hem wi t h Sc r um t er mswhi l ei n st r u ct i ngt het eamst oac tupont hei rne w ac c ount abi l i t ygoi ngf or war d.As kt he p r o ce ssan dp r o ce du r e sd ep ar t me ntt oh an do utd et a i l e dr o l ed es c r i p t i o ns ,a ndt h eb us i n es s ar c hi t e ct st oc r eat eaun i fi eds etofq ual i t yst and ar dsf ort eamst oabi deb yi mmedi at el y c )Br i n gi na ne x t e r n a lc on su l t i n gc omp an yt oc r e at eap l a nf o ra l ld ev e l o pme ntt ob ed on eu po n Sc r u m.Cr e at i o no ft h ep l a ns ho ul dt a k en omo r et h an30da y s .Ex e c ut i o nwi l lb ea gr e edbyt h e c omp an yan dt h es en i o re x ec ut i v e soft h ec omp an y ,a st h eywi l l o wnt h ec ha ng e.Un t i l t h enno pr omi s esofel aps et i mear epos s i b l e. d )Br i n gt h ep r o sa ndco nsoft h eme r g ert ot h ed ep ar t me nt san dt h ei rt e amst os t r e ssur g en cy . Br i ngi nex t er nalpeop l ewi t hr el e v ante x per i enc et owor kwi t ht het e amst ounder s t andandadop t Sc r u m.Wo r kwi t ht h eSc r u m Ma s t e r st oi d en t i f yor g an i z at i o na lp r o bl e mst h ath i n de rt h et e ams . An s we r :a ) Al l t heot her3ans wer st al kaboutur genc y .Idon’ tt hi nkt r ans i t i onc anbes uc ces sf ul i ns uc ha t e ns eden v i r o nme nt . 4 )As c a l e dSc r u me ff or ti so n et h atc o n f o r mst oSc r u ma ndus e smo r et h ano neSc r u mT e am f o r o neo rmo r eSp r i n t s . a )T r u e b)Fal s e An s we r :a ) 5 )Sc r u mT e amss h ou l dno r ma l i z et h ei re s t i ma t e ss ot h atma na ge me ntc a nu s et e am v e l o c i t i e sasa c oor di nat edpr oduc t i v i t ymeas ur e. a )T r u e b)Fal s e An s we r :a ) Thi sIbel i e vewi l l hel pi nunder s t andi ngt heper f or manc eoft het eam
1) Se l e c tt wowa y st ha tt i me bo xi ngpr o mot e ss e l f or ga ni z a t i on . a )Ti me b o x e she l pev e r y o n ef o c u so nt h es a mepr o b l e ma tt h es a met i me . b ) T e a msc a nd et e r mi n eo nt h ei ro wnho w mu c ho v er t i mei sa c c ep t a bl ef o rat i me b o x ,g en er a l l ye x pr e s s edasape r c e nt a ge oft h et i meb ox . c )T i me b o x esen c ou r a get h ep eo pl ewh oa r ec l o s es tt ot h ep r o b l e mt oc r e at et h eb es tp os s i b l er e s ul ti nt h et i mea l l o t t e d, gi v ent h ec ur r entc ont e xt . d) Ti me b ox ese l i mi nat epol i t i c sandbu r e auc r a c y . e ) T i me b o x e sd on ota l l o we no ug ht i mef o rs t r i n ge ntp r o c es s e so rme et i n go v e r h e ad . >Ic ho s ed )a nda ) . Bu twi t ha )I ' mn otr e al l ysu r ebe ca us ei nmyop i n i o ne )a ndc )a r ea l s ok i n do ft r u e: S
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f u nc t i on al i t yi tc oul df or e cas tf ort h eup co mi n gSpr i n t . The ywer eab l et oagr e eonaSpr i ntGo al ,ho we ver . Wh i c hoft h ef o l l o wi n gt woa c t i o nss ho ul dt h eSc r u m Ma s t e rs u p po r t ? a )F or e ca s tt h emo stl i k e l yPr o du ctBa ck l o gt ome ett h eg oa la ndc r e at eSp r i n tB ac k l o gb as edo nal i k e l yi n i t i a ld es i g na nd p l a n.On cet h et i me b o xf o rt h eSp r i n tPl a nn i n gme et i n gi sov e r ,s t a r t t h eSp r i n ta n dc on t i n uet oa na l y z e,d ec omp os e,a nd c r eat eaddi t i onal f unc t i onal i t ydur i ngt h eSpr i nt . b )Di s c us si nt h eu pc omi n gSp r i n tRe t r o sp ec t i v ewh yt h i sha pp en eda ndwh atc ha ng eswi l l ma k ei tl e ssl i k e l yt or e c ur . c )As ke v er y o net ot a k ea smu c ht i measn ee de dt oan al y z et h ePr o du c tBa c k l o gfi r s t ,a ndt h enr e c on v e nean ot h erSp r i n t Pl a nn i n gme et i n g. d )Ca nc el t h eSp r i n t .Se ndt h ee nt i r et e am t oanad v an ce dSc r u mt r a i n i n ga ndt h ens t a r tane w Sp r i n t . e )Co nt i n uet h eSp r i n tPl a nn i n gme et i n gp as ti t st i me b o xun t i l a na de qu at enu mb ero fPr o du ctBa ck l o gi t e msar ewe l l e no ug hu nd er s t o odf o rt h eDe v e l o pme ntT e am t oma k eac omp l e t ef o r e c as t .Th ens t a r t t h eSp r i n t . >It h i nki ts ho ul db eb )a nda) .It ho ug htab oute)aswel l bu tI t hi nkt heSpr i ntPl an ni ngMe et i n gs hou l dn ' tb ee xt ende d.I s t hatt r ue?
On eo ft h eSc r u me v e n t si st h eDa i l ySc r u m.Wh ata r et woo ut c o me soft h eDa i l ySc r u m?
a ) As ha r e du nd er s t a nd i n go ft h emo sti mp or t a ntwo r kt ob eu nd er t a k enn ex tt oa ch i e v et h eb es tp os s i b l e pr ogr es st o war dt heSpr i ntgoal b) As t at usr epor ti ndi c at i ngwhateac hi ndi v i dual hasdone,wi l l bedoi ng,andwhati si mpedi ngh i m/ her c ) Ac he ck l i s to fc omp l e t e dt a sk san da nu pd at eo ft h ee s t i ma t e sf o rt h er e ma i n i n gt a sk st h att h eSc r u m Ma st e r c a nu s et oa dmi n i s t e rt h ed ev e l o pme ntwo r k d) Anupdat edSc r um boar dt ogi v ev i s i bi l i t yov ert heSpr i nt ' spr ogr es sf orwhent hes t ak ehol der scomev i s i tt he devel opmentr oom e ) Anu pd at e db ac k l o go fi mp ed i me nt sf o rt h eSc r u m Ma s t e rt ot a k ec a r eo f
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Wh i c hbe std es c r i b est h er o l eofb ud ge t i n gi nSc r u m?
a) Spr i nt sar ebes tf undedi nbat c hesens ur i ngs pec i fi cset soff unc t i onal i t yar edel i v er edasas i ngl er el eas e.
b) Sc r um doe sn ota l i gnwi t ht r adi t i onal andgener al l yac c ept edac c ount i ngp r a c t i c es . c ) I ti si deal l yr e vi s i t edasf r equent l yaseac hSpr i ntt oens ur ev al uei sbei ngdel i v er ed. d ) T heo nl yf u nd i n gi sf o rt h er u nc os t( t i mea ndma t e r i a l s )o ft h eSc r u mT ea ms ,s on ob ud ge t i n gp r o ce ssi s n ee de d. Myanswer: c
Ma na ge me nth aspl a nn edf o ro v e rt wohu nd r e d( 2 00 )d e v el o pe r st owo r konan ew,c r i t i c alp r o du ct .Pr i o rt ot h em bei ngf or me di nt ot eamsandbegi nni ngt ode v el opt hes of t war e,ano v er al l ar c hi t ec t ur eandi nt egr at i ngdes i gni s n ee de d.Wh i c hoft h ef o l l o wi n ga pp r o ac he semp l o y sSc r u ma ndAg i l epr i n ci p l e smo s te ffe ct i v e l y ?
a) For m oneort wot eamsoft hebes tde v el op er st oc r eat eaf oundat i ont hati ns t ant i at est henonf unc t i onal r e qu i r e me nt san ds e v er a lh i g hv a l u ef u nc t i o ns .Th eni n cr e as et h en umb ero ft e amsu si n gt h es ha r e d ar c hi t ec t u r e. b) For m acr os s c u t t i ngt eam o far c hi t ec t sanddes i g ner s .Thi st eam wi l l s er v easc ons ul t ant st ot heot herSc r um t eamsasi nt egr at i onques t i onsar i s edur i ngde v el opment . c ) Des i gnandi ns t ant i at eanappr opr i at eSer v i c eOr i ent edAr c hi t ec t ur e( SOA)bef o r ebegi nni ngf e at ur e d ev e l o pme nt .T r a i nDe v el o pme ntT e amso nho wt oc on s umet h esh ar e dSOAi nt h ei rf e at u r ede v e l o pme nt ,t h en begi nf eat ur ede v el o pmentSpr i nt s . d ) Ha v et h eb es td es i g ne r sa ndd ev e l o pe r sc r e at ea na pp r o pr i a t ed es i g na nda r c hi t e ct u r e .I n cl u ded es i g nmo de l s t hatt her es toft hedev el oper swi l l i nc l udewhi l ei mpl ement i ngf eat ur es . Myanswer : d
Wh ati st h epu r p os eo faSc r u mo fSc r u ms ?
a ) Al i g np l a nsf o rd i ff er e ntSc r u mT ea msb yb r i n gi n gt h eSc r u m Ma st e r st o ge t h ere v er yda y . b) Meett or e por tt ost ak ehol der s . c ) Al i gnPr oduc tBac k l ogsofr el at edpr oduc t sbybr i ngi ngt hei rPr oduc tOwner st og et he r . d ) Sh ar ec r o ss t e am e x pe r i e nc eso fd i ff er e ntSc r u m Ma st e r s .
e ) Al i g np l a nso fd i ff er e ntDe v e l o pme ntT e amswo r k i n go nt h es a mepr o du c t Myanswer:d
