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Asus administrator tool provides with very basic functionallity to get the list of web accesses issued to Internet. It can be neither exported or filtered, so I developed an utillity to get them with a web-scraping approach and store them in csv files.
Please, find the source code and all the details in my GitHub URL: https://github.com/mrg321/WebHistory-nodejs
The Problem: Create a new Portal for the Company’s clients.
The Company: B2B Telecom Company specialized in services for the Wholesale and Multinational sectors.
After a reorganization, the Marketing Department has been set-up almost from scratch. The new Director and her team have brought new ideas and new projects. Among those projects they have come with the idea of creating a new customer’s portal. Existing portals (second version of a five years old support portal and two years old self-provisioning portal) did not appeal the new team for different reasons or were difficult to evolve. So, after months of discussions among management, the project came to my desk. The initial budget was 385 K€.
The first thing I did was to review the budget and where it was assigned to. Not only the budget, but also the architecture was already designed by the corresponding department. The Portal was supposed to be developed as a “Community” within the cloud CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solution, but it would need integrations with the ticketing platform (also cloud based), the on-premise provisioning system (the “Fullstack”) and the Identity Manager (IM) which is on-premise too. Besides, following the “API First” paradigm, everything offered through the Portal’s GUI should have its corresponding API published and ready to use. Apart from the aforementioned main applications, we also had the following related platforms: An ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) to act as integration platform and an API Gateway with its own Portal for publishing the APIs.
The initial budget split was:
| CRM | 195k |
| Fullstack | 85,6k |
| IM | 25k |
| Professional Services (PM & QA) | 77,4k |
| TOTAL | 383k |
So, apparently, neither there was anything for the ESB nor for the API Gateway. Besides, giving past experiences, the cost for what was needed to be developed in the Fullstack seamed very insufficient.
In my opinion, the most important part of the projects is the Initiation. This is the phase in which you can influence more. If you think the project is underestimated in budget or time, that’s the right time to push to get those things corrected before actual start. Also, it is the time to bring the proper people to the team. Having said that, I pushed to start talking with the internal stakeholders to understand the requirements and with the providers to get their inputs. I have not mentioned that within the Company, those kinds of big developments are externally contracted. Therefore, after some additional weeks we reached to the following budget split:
| CRM | 195k |
| Fullstack | 190k |
| IM | 15k |
| Professional Services (PM & QA) | 77,4k |
| Ticketing system | 5,4k |
| ESB | 27k |
| API GTW | 16k |
| TOTAL | 525,8k |
Which means a 142,8k difference from what was initially budgeted. Fortunately, there were some reserves coming from other initiatives that could be diverted to this project and the gap could be covered.
In this kind of projects, there is always a mean supplier, in this case it was the one that provided the CRM development. The Portal was going to be developed as a “community” within the CRM which, in fact, is the number one cloud solution in the market. So, we asked our reference provider to give us its best plan to develop that Portal.
They came with a very rough plan in a one-slide PowerPoint. It was an agile development, with 7 sprints of 4 weeks each, although the first one was not really a sprint, but the project preparation (the typical Sprint 0).
So, with this backbone, we talked with the 2nd main vendor which was the Fullstack provider. They had to provide with APIs to access its ordering and inventory system and, as well, they had to develop some changes in its self-service Portal to facilitate the integration with the main Portal in the CRM. With this scope, they came with a completely waterfall approach with a very inflexible scheme. So we had to work very hard to negotiate the integration of the waterfall with the agile main project.
At the end we ended with 2 releases of the waterfall project plan, first of it delivered just before starting with Sprint 4 and second delivered before Sprint 5. In this way, at least, we ensured that the Agile Development Team had what they needed to integrate the deliveries of the Fullstack team. In the contrary, one of the most important risks was that, in order not to increase the project budget, the Fullstack provider had to free its resources before the overall E2E and UAT tests, which means, we had to test its part in a very early stage of the portal development and we would have to give them the GO for Production before the Portal has been ensembled and fully tested.
This reminds me that we also had to integrate the work of the QA testing team and the work needed to deploy the software in the UAT and Production environments. This is one of the main difficulties of this kind of projects. Development is done in an agile way in a development environment, but the integration with the other teams and the E2E tests normally have to be done in another environment which in this case is called UAT environment, but it can be Integration, Pre-production or any other naming convention.
To minimize the risk, but not to increase a lot the integration effort, we decided to perform 2 main deployments to Production. However, we planned to deploy 4 times (after 4 of the 7 sprints) to the UAT environment to do the integration and perform the “official” QA testing.
In theory, Scrum encourages to perform the testing inside the development sprints, but in the “real” world, when you have to integrate different developments from different vendors and you have a separate team to perform the testing this leads to separate the testing from the development effort also. In any case, it is Development Team responsibility to release good software with enough quality.
In the above Project Plan, you can see the relationships between the 2 main suppliers. At the top and in blue color, the main team who was working in fully agile methodology. At the botton, in yellow and orange, there are the summarized tasks of the 2nd most important supplier, who was working in waterfall. The two red dotted arrows are the dependencies between what the 2nd team had to delivered and used by the 1st team. Also, the dark boxes and the black dotted arrows are the summarized tasks and dependencies of the QA team, who had to test both suppliers’ developments.
What is the most important thing for a project success? The team, of course. In my case, I could only choose one person, but I completely hit the target. UX/UI designer was from Marketing Department and I knew this person from past projects. She was a great professional, but very chaotic, therefore she could neither be included in the Development Team, nor work as Project Owner without ruining the whole project. So, the person I chose, was given the Project Owner role by me. She had to listen to the UX/UI designer, also other stakeholders and create and prioritize the Product Backlog. The tool we used was Jira and there she created the User Stories. Those were measured by the Development Team and chosen for the Sprint in the Sprint Planning ceremonies.
The Scrum Master was officially the project manager of the team who did the main part of the Portal, although myself and the Product Owner had to collaborate to remove all the impediments. His main role was raise those impediments and we had to remove them. Since he was from a Vendor, we had to help him in that job.
Reality is Hybrid. Maybe if you work in a pure Software Company, controlling all the aspects of a Software Development project, you can work using pure Agile or Scrum, but if you work in a normal Company trying to deal with different Vendors and trying to integrate different technologies, you will reach to hybrid projects. Besides, nowadays, it is crucial to incorporate some kind of agility in software projects. If a project lasts for more than a couple of months or even in those situations, the requirements will probably change. Also, in current companies, costs and staff have been cut so much that it is impossible to evaluate and analyze all the aspects of a project in its initiation or planning phases. If you do so, you would never start any project…
I have been using MS Project for quite long time. To be honest, I have been pushing myself to use this tool for the last 10 years or so. MS Project is full of features but, If you normally run medium to small projects and you are not in the engineering, construction or other “traditional” industries, at the end of the day you just use a very short number of its features.
Why people stop using or even never start using MS Project? In my opinion there are mainly a couple of reasons:
Some people can argue that there are other drawbacks like its lack of teamwork capabilities (for that you have Project Server), its price, complexity, etc., but I still keep the previous 2 at the top.
Why do I use MS Project yet? Again, mainly due to 2 reasons:
Just as simple as right-clicking and selecting the tasks you want to add.
Very simple again. The same as previous, you have just to right-click the task and change the filling and letter color.
Finally, you can copy the timeline to paste it to other application.
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Overwhelmed by all the projects you have to manage? Everybody asking for status reports? I perfectly understand the daily life of current project/program managers, because I suffer it every day.
Companies are not properly staffing the PM/PgM role and we have to deal with a lot of projects in parallel. I’ve spent much of my career having to manage several projects at the same time and I don’t like having to update tons of slides to report all the stuff.
Although I like and daily use a lot MS Project, in my experience, this is great to plan and follow one big project, but not for managing a bunch of medium to small initiatives. In these cases, I prefer Excel over MS Project.
I’ve prepared and finetuned with real projects the Excel sheet that I’m sharing with the community in this post.
You can use, modify or share it. I’m leaving it at no cost, but with no warranty and no detailed instructions. It’s ready to fill your data and quite easy to start working on. If I have time, I’ll try to improve it or leave some help inside in the future.
In any case, if you find it useful, you have any question or you want to suggest any improvement, leave me a message. Enjoy it!
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A huge firm / company has a heavy management layer. (Many Managers, Project Managers etc.). The company just hired four Project Managers, a CEO and a CTO. This company should not implement Scrum as the management team really does not contribute to Scrum and implementing such methodology would not help in this company.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: Remember, although Management does not actively involve itself in the daily scrum, it doesn’t mean they have no role at all. Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. They also Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software. Management external to the Scrum team is incredibly important in setting the vision and strategy to guide the overall direction of the organization.
What is the role of functional managers in Scrum?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: No Project Managers or Functional Managers exist within the Scrum Team. Scrum Team is only composed of Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team Members.
One of the Sprint Backlog item has not been completed and it is now the last day of the Sprint before the Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Review begins. Who is responsible for the completion of that Sprint Backlog item?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: The Sprint Backlog belongs to the development team and every single item selected in a given sprint belongs to the development team. Even though individuals work on individual items, the responsibility of managing and completing the item belongs to the entire team. All Sprint Backlog Items are “owned” by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member.
You must explain ‘Scrum’ briefly to one of your potential clients in a given RFP / RFI. How would you best describe Scrum?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: Scrum is defined as a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.
The Maximum Length of the Sprint Review is:
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: The Sprint Review is at most a four-hour meeting for one-month Sprints. (Or shorter).
The Maximum Length of the Daily Sprint is:
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team. Time-boxed events are events that have a maximum duration. If the meeting agenda ends earlier, the meeting would be ended earlier than 15 mins.
The Length of a Sprint Planning meeting is:
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: The Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.
The Maximum Length of a monthly Sprint Retrospective is:
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: The Sprint Retrospective occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning. This is at most a three-hour meeting for one-month Sprints or shorter.
The three pillars of Scrum are:
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
When does a Sprint begin and end?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: A Sprint begins right after the previous sprint ends & ends depending upon the length of the Sprint. The duration of a Sprint is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. There is no gap or work done between Sprints.
In a small company, one of the Product Owner is shared across the Products. Since the Product Owner is busy, the Scrum Master must know most about the business details on what is getting developed in the Specific sprint?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Product Owner keeps communicating with the stakeholders, creates new items in the Product Backlog, revises the order of items, answers questions, makes sure that everyone has the right understanding of items, and checks the completed items with the Development Team to ensure they are Done based on the Definition of Done. The Product Owner is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog items to the development team and making trade-offs. The Product owner would thus know the requirements (business needs) of the Product backlog items. The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions. Two or more Products can share a single Product Owner; however, he / she should be able to fulfill his / her duties.
A CEO of a company wants to know what is going on with the Product. He calls the Product Owner to his office. The Product Owner is not sure about the functionalities getting developed. The Product Owner should know the most about the functional details on what is getting developed in the Specific sprint?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The Product Owner keeps communicating with the stakeholders, creates new items in the Product Backlog, revises the order of items, answers questions, makes sure that everyone has the right understanding of items, and checks the completed items with the Development Team to ensure they are Done based on the Definition of Done. The Product Owner is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog items to the development team and making trade-offs. The Product owner would thus know the requirements (business needs) of the Product backlog items. The Product Owner is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions. Two or more Products can share a single Product Owner; however, he / she should be able to fulfill his / her duties.
The Product Owner always releases the Product to the client’s end of every sprint. This would make sense as the development team also works towards a complete product end of each Sprint.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The product increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be ‘released’ by the Product Owner.
The length of a Sprint could be:
Congrats! 5.
Incorrect: 5. Sprints are limited to one calendar month or shorter. The length of a Sprint thus could be Weekly, Biweekly or Monthly. Sprint should be short enough to keep the risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
The length of a Sprint could be:
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Sprints are limited to one calendar month or shorter. The length of a Sprint thus could be Weekly, Biweekly or Monthly. Sprint should be short enough to keep the risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
A Scrum Team often has difficulties conducting Scrum events. Who is responsible for facilitating them?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren’t. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. The Scrum Guide Says the following ‘Scrum Master Service to the Development Team. The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including:- Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality;- Helping the Development Team to create high-value products;- Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress;- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed; and,- Coaching the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood’
Members of a Development Team are facing two difficulties in general. The first difficulty is that they do not get the required server (hardware) from the external vendors on time. The second difficulty is they often have issues getting access to the cloud server from Jack, who belongs to an external cloud team. Who is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the Development Team?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren’t. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. The Scrum Guide Says the following ‘Scrum Master Service to the Development Team. The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including:- Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality;- Helping the Development Team to create high-value products;- Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress;- Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed; and,- Coaching the Development Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood’
A Small development company often shares resources across Scrum Teams. Who can skip attending the Daily Scrums?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. The Scrum Master ensures that the Development Team has the Daily scrum meeting but does not have to be present in the meeting. If others are present in the Daily Scum, the Scrum Master ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting.
Which of the below roles can be assigned to members of a Scrum Team?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. The Scrum Team consists only of the following roles. No other roles but the ones mentioned below.- Product Owner.- The Development Team.- Scrum Master.
A Product Owner hires a Project Managers to manage the ‘execution of the project plan’ since all the team members are very busy developing. Whose responsibility is the Project Manager taking over?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. To begin with there is no such role as a ‘Project Manager’. The Development team member themselves are self-governing and responsible for managing and execution of their own work. The Project Manager is frankly taking a part of the development teams responsibility in this situation
The Development Team members keep changing the Daily Scrum meeting place and time based on the availability of conference rooms. The Team is:
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the Sprint at the same place and same time to maintain consistency.
What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team (not Development team) including the Product Owner and Scrum Master?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Development Team size is between 3 to 9 members. The Scrum Team is Development Team+ Scrum Master + Product Owner. Thus, the ideal size of the Scrum team sums to between 5 to 11 members (assuming 1 Product Owner and 1 Scrum Master)
A software development company is making a software for an Airport Terminal. 7 teams are working together on this huge software. For such a huge software each team should:
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Multiple Scrum Teams often work together on the same product. One Product Backlog is used to describe the upcoming work on the product by one Product Owner.
A Finance company is developing a product / software. Functions within the product are complex and some of them take longer than a Sprint to develop. Regardless, the Development Team must deliver an increment of ‘Releasable’ software every Sprint.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The development Team should work on and deliver a product increment which usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint.
The Development Team must deliver at least one functionality every Sprint.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The Scrum guide mentions that at least one functionality should be delivered by the development team every sprint.
For each Sprint, a Sprint Review is needed to display and show the Stakeholders what was achieved.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value. The Development Team also discusses what went well during the Sprint, what problems it ran into, and how those problems were solved in the Sprint Review Meeting.
Sprint Review is needed to discuss on what would be picked up next.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value. The Development Team also discusses what went well during the Sprint, what problems it ran into, and how those problems were solved in the Sprint Review Meeting.
The Key Stakeholders participate in the Sprint Reviews Meetings.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value. The Development Team also discusses what went well during the Sprint, what problems it ran into, and how those problems were solved in the Sprint Review Meeting.
The Technical Experts can attend the Sprint Planning Meetings.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Technical Domain Experts or people outside the scrum team (if invited by the Development Team) may attend Sprint Planning to give advice. The Business stakeholders will not participate.
People outside the Scrum Team can participate actively in the Daily Scrums.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. People outside the Scrum Team can attend the Daily Scrums; however, they cannot participate (Participate actively). They are involvement is controlled and guided by the Scrum Master. Remember that the technical team might need help from other business or technical users. The Team might invite others on the call to have a few questions answered. People outside the Scrum team can attend this meeting however they cannot actively participate. Only the development team actively participates in the Daily Scrum Calls.
People outside the Scrum Team can attend in the Daily Scrums.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. People outside the Scrum Team can attend the Daily Scrums; however, they cannot participate (Participate actively). They are involvement is controlled and guided by the Scrum Master. Remember that the technical team might need help from other business or technical users. The Team might invite others on the call to have a few questions answered. People outside the Scrum team can attend this meeting however they cannot actively participate. Only the development team actively participates in the Daily Scrum Calls.
A Sprint Review is in process. The clients invited to the review realize that the Development Team is not very clear about the requirements. Who is responsible for clarifying the requirements to the Development Team?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The Product Owner keeps communicating with the stakeholders, creates new items in the Product Backlog, revises the order of items, answers questions to makes sure that everyone has the right understanding of items, and checks the completed items with the Development Team to ensure they are Done based on the Definition of Done.
At the Sprint Review, the Development Team explains what Product Backlog items have been ‘Done’ and what has not been ‘Done’
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Product Owner explains what Product Backlog items have been ‘Done’ and what has not been ‘Done’ in the Sprint Review Meeting.
At the Sprint Review, the entire group collaborates on what to do next, so that the Sprint Review provides valuable input to subsequent Sprint Planning
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and Key Stakeholders (people outside the Scrum Team) collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. In the Sprint Review the next things that could be done to optimize value is also reviewed. The result of the Sprint Review is a revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint.
A Scrum Team decides they need to create one UI mockup to better understand the product capabilities. Can they proceed without anyone’s permission?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Yes, the Development team are responsible to manage their own work, the way they want it. The development team may decompose a product backlog item into multiple items within a sprint backlog. The development team create mock UI’s, create spikes (models of the functionalities needed) of certain functionalities as needed.
The Definition of ‘Done’ is approved by
Congrats! 5.
Incorrect: 5. During each Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team plans ways to increase product quality by adapting and improving the definition of ‘Done’ as appropriate. So, definition of done is changes with time. There is no approval process mentioned in the Scrum guide.
A Scrum Team is just formed, and they are about to begin work. There is no Sprint 0 and the Product backlog items haven’t even started. While the Product Owner works on getting the Product backlog started, what is enough to start a first Sprint?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. A first Sprint requires no more than a Product Owner, a team, and enough ideas to potentially complete a full Sprint.
In a Large firm, some of the external stakeholders do not have visibility about the progress the Scrum team is making. They are a bit concerned. What’s the best way to inform people about the concerns and progress made by the Scrum Team?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. A duty of the Scrum Team is to be transparent. Those who need information are responsible for getting it. So, people concerned about the progress can investigate the artifacts of the Scrum Team (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog) and visit the next Sprint Review.
The Product Owner can have the Development Team work on clearly expressing Product Backlog items.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. Product Backlog management includes: – Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; – Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
The Product Owner can make the development work on ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. Product Backlog management includes: – Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; – Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
What things might a Scrum Product Owner focus on to ensure his product delivers value?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. Product Owner should focus on – Key Stakeholder Involvement In order to maximize value, the Product Owner should identify the key stakeholders for the product and involve them as necessary throughout the development effort. – Product Marketplace The Product Owner should be expertly aware of the marketplace for the product. They should constantly be gathering and re-gathering information and data regarding the marketplace, so that the product value is maximized. – Product Release Decisions The Product Owner is the one and only person who can decide whether to release the latest increment of the Product. For value to be captured, a release of the product must occur.
There are 60 items selected in a Sprint. With 6 Developers each developer must at least select one or more Sprint Backlog items (ideally 10 for equal work distribution).
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. All Sprint Backlog Items are “owned” by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member. Thus, it’s not necessary for every Sprint Backlog item to have an individual owner.
In an old company, there are a set of developers who have been around for 6 to 8 years. These developers do not share information about the product and keep the important coding documentation to themselves. Which Scrum values impacted? (Choose all that apply)
Congrats! 1. 2. 3. 5.
Incorrect: 1, 2, 3, 5. The Scrum Guide recognizes the following Scrum Values: commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect. They are all impacted by lack of trust or transparency. Strength is not a value.
Team A has decided that their Sprint Length is going to be 4 weeks Long. Sprint B has decided that their Sprint length is going to be 2 weeks long. Is this allowed?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Different Teams working on the same Product can:- Have different Sprint Lengths.- Have different Scrum Masters.- Have only one Product Owner.
No one has the authority to replace an item in the Sprint Backlog. Only Development Team does.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Only the Development Team can change its Sprint Backlog during a Sprint. The Product Owner might help or influence the team to help select and plan items for a Sprint Backlog however the development team has the final authority and control over the sprint backlog as it’s the ‘developers work queue’. The Scrum Guide States ‘Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.’
The Product Owner has all the authority to add and manage items in the Product Backlog.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Product Owner is responsible for managing the Product Backlog maximizing the value of the Product. He can add remove items as needed from the Product Backlog. The Scrum Guide States ‘The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.’
During the 10th sprint, a client realizes that a critical functionality is missing. Which meetings did he / she probably miss where he / she could have provided feedback about the changes?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Sprint Review is a meeting where Members external to the Scrum Team can actively participate.
Who is responsible for inviting the Stakeholders in the Sprint Review Meetings?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. The Product Owner is responsible for inviting the Key Stakeholders to the Sprint Review meeting. The Scrum Guide States ‘Attendees include the Scrum Team and key stakeholders invited by the Product Owner”
On asking a Developer about details as to how the product development was going, the developer asked to refer to the Product Backlog along with Sprint Backlog, if needed. He also invited the person to the next Sprint Review. The Developer did the right thing.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. A duty of the Scrum Team is to be transparent. Those who need information are responsible for getting it. So, the managers can investigate the artifacts of the Scrum Team (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog) and visit the next Sprint Review if needed.
During a Sprint Retrospective, what is the Scrum Master responsible for?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. The Scrum Guide states: ‘The Scrum Master ensures that the meeting is positive and productive. The Scrum Master participates as a peer team member in the Retrospective from the accountability over the Scrum process.’
The Client is concerned with the Product. The Product seems to have all the functionalities asked for however it seems to break every now and then. Testing and Validity of the Products performance is in question. What should one do next?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. The Scrum guides states that ‘During each Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team plans ways to increase product quality by improving work processes or adapting the definition of ‘Done’, if appropriate and not in conflict with product or organizational standards’. Thus, it would be best to wait for the Sprint retrospective and improve the terms quality in the Definition of ‘Done’ for the product. The Scrum Guide States ‘During each Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team plans ways to increase product quality by improving work processes or adapting the definition of ‘Done’, if appropriate and not in conflict with product or organizational standards.’
Changing the definition of done can be done by the Product Owner.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Only the Development Team can change the definition of ‘Done’. The best time to do so is during the Sprint retrospective where the team discusses how to increase product quality. As seen below in the Scrum Guide: ‘If “Done” for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of ‘Done’ appropriate for the product. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of ‘Done.”
Changing the definition of done can be done by the Development Team only.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Only the Development Team can change the definition of ‘Done’. The best time to do so is during the Sprint retrospective where the team discusses how to increase product quality. As seen below in the Scrum Guide: ‘If “Done” for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of ‘Done’ appropriate for the product. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of ‘Done.”
The best time to change the Definition of Done is at the Retrospective right before the next Sprint.
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Incorrect: 1. Only the Development Team can change the definition of ‘Done’. The best time to do so is during the Sprint retrospective where the team discusses how to increase product quality. As seen below in the Scrum Guide: ‘If “Done” for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of ‘Done’ appropriate for the product. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of ‘Done.”
After a Retrospective meeting, John send out the meeting minutes with the few high priority action items identified by the team. What would the team do next? Choose all that apply
Congrats! 1. 3.
Incorrect: 1, 3. To ensure continuous improvement, the Sprint backlog should at least include one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting. Remember all the items are added into the Product Backlog, however the Sprint backlog should at least include one high priority process improvement item.
Who has the authority to cancel a Sprint?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. Only the Product Owner can cancel a Sprint. As seen below in the Scrum Guide ‘1. Sprint can be cancelled before the Sprint time-box is over. Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel the Sprint, although he or she may do so under influence from the stakeholders, the Development Team, or the Scrum Master.’
What is the Sprint Backlog?
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Incorrect: 1. The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal. As seen in the Scrum Guide ‘The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal.’
What is the order of items in the Product Backlog? Choose all that Apply.
Congrats! 1. 2.
Incorrect: 1, 2. Average items in the Product Backlog are usually Larger than items in the Sprint Backlog. This is how it works: [A] Items with different sizes are added to the Product Backlog [B] Items are sorted based on their business value [C] Large items on the top of the Product Backlog are broken down into smaller ones. These are more detailed than the ones at the bottom. That’s why the items on the top are smaller than those on the bottom. Remember that size is not a basis for ordering the Product Backlog items. As seen below in the Scrum Guide: Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually clearer and more detailed than lower ordered ones. More precise estimates are made based on the greater clarity and increased detail; the lower the order, the less detail. Product Backlog items that will occupy the Development Team for the upcoming Sprint are refined so that any one item can reasonably be ‘Done’ within the Sprint time-box.
During one of the Sprints, the Scrum Master decides to help the development team by executing a few items in the Sprint Backlog. Can the Scrum Master do that?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Yes. The Scrum Master can be a Member of the Development Team however it’s not recommended as it may impact the responsibilities the scrum master is supposed to accomplish
During one of the Sprints, the Product Owner decides to help the development team by working on a few of the Backlog items. Can the Product Owner do that?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Yes. The Product Owner can be a Member of the Development Team however it’s not recommended as it may impact the responsibilities the Product Owner is supposed to accomplish
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?
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Incorrect: 4. The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment..
A Developer needs to make changes to the Product Backlog.
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Incorrect: 2. The Product owner is responsible for the Product Backlog. The Product Owner can delegate the following to the development Team based on which the Development team can make changes to the Product Backlog: – Clearly expressing Product Backlog items; – Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog after the Sprint Planning by the Development Team.
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Incorrect: 1. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. This emergence occurs as the Development Team works through the plan and learns more about the work needed to achieve the Sprint Goal. As new work is recognized, the Development Team adds it to the Sprint Backlog.
Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?
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Incorrect: 3. The development team is the owner of the Sprint backlog. They manage their work by managing the work within the Sprint Backlog. The development team continuously inspects the work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project to make sure it achieves the Sprint Goal.
What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four.
Congrats! 1. 2. 3. 4.
Incorrect: 1, 2, 3, 4. The inputs to the Sprint Planning are: – Product Backlog;- The latest product Increment;- Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint;- Past performance of the Development Team
Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for the given project.
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Incorrect: 2. Each component within the Scrum framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and usage. Just the way one can’t skip creating a Product or Sprint Backlog. Similarly, one can’t skip scheduling a meeting.
Each component within the Scrum framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and usage.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Each component within the Scrum framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and usage. Just the way one can’t skip creating a Product or Sprint Backlog. Similarly, one can’t skip scheduling a meeting.
Scrum is founded on:
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Incorrect: 5. Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?
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Incorrect: 4. The Development Team is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner may influence the Development Team by helping it understand and select trade-offs, but the people who will perform the work make the final estimate.
What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.
Congrats! 1. 2. 3.
Incorrect: 1, 2, 3. Scrum Artifacts are:- Product Backlog- Sprint Backlog- Increments
What happens when a Sprint is cancelled?
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Incorrect: 4. When a Sprint is cancelled, any completed and ‘Done’ Product Backlog items are reviewed. If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it. All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog. The work done on them depreciates quickly and must be frequently re-estimated.
Who should work with the Product Owner, Development Team and other parties to check if the artifact is completely transparent?
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Incorrect: 2. The Scrum Master’s job is to work with the Scrum Team and the organization to increase the transparency of the artifacts. This work usually involves learning, convincing, and change. As the Scrum Guide States ‘The Scrum Master must work with the Product Owner, Development Team, and other involved parties to understand if the artifacts are completely transparent.’
Check all the formal opportunities to inspect and adapt.
Congrats! 1. 2. 3. 4.
Incorrect: 1, 2, 3, 4. The formal opportunities to inspect and adapt are Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective.
The Scrum Team is composed of the following:
Congrats! 1. 5. 7.
Incorrect: 1, 5, 7. The Scrum Team is composed of the Scrum Master, Development Team and Product Owner. As seen below in the Scrum Guide
What does the Scrum Framework consist of?
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Incorrect: 3, 4, 5, 6. The Scrum framework consists of Scrum Teams and their associated roles, events, artifacts, and rules. Each component within the framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and usage. The rules of Scrum bind together the events, roles, and artifacts, governing the relationships and interaction between them.
What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two.
Congrats! 1. 2.
Incorrect: 1, 2. Sprint Planning answers the following: – What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?- How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?
During the Sprint the quality goals can be decreased if needed, and the next sprint can compensate the missing testing
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Incorrect: 2. During the Sprint:- No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal;- Quality goals do not decrease; and,- Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.
A Good Scrum team would always have all the items in the Product Backlog complete.
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Incorrect: 2. A Product Backlog is never complete. The earliest development of it only lays out the initially known and best-understood requirements. The Product Backlog evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves. The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.
Who ensures that the Sprint Review Meeting takes place?
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Incorrect: 4. Scrum Master ensures that the meeting takes place but does not have to be present in the meeting.
Who demonstrates the work the team has ‘Done’ and answers questions about the Increment in the Sprint Review Meeting?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. The Development Team demonstrates the work that it has ‘Done’ and answers questions about the Increment in the Sprint Review Meeting.
The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.
Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. Every day in the Daily Scrum the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
Who decides on the structure & agenda of the Daly Scrum meeting?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. The structure & agenda of the meeting is set by the Development Team and can be conducted in different ways if it focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal.
Once a Sprint begins, its duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Scrum framework does not require the same Sprint length or aligned Sprints for all teams. So, the start date can be different. However, the Sprint length cannot be shortened or lengthened.
The result of the Sprint Review is:
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. A Sprint Review is a meeting in which the stakeholders see what was done. They also collectively decide on what needs to be done in the next sprint. Everything which needs to be done flows through the Product backlog. Thus, the result of the Sprint Review is a revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint.
Product Backlog refinement is.
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing process which is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. Product Management includes clearly expressing Product Backlog items; ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions; optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs; ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all.
A Product Backlog is never complete
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. A Product Backlog is never complete. As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.
The Scrum Master must facilitate the Daily Scrum
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. The Scrum Master does not have to be present in the Daily Scrum meetings. Development Team owes it and runs it.
A company has two products. Which of the following is an acceptable way of forming Scrum teams? Choose all that apply.
Congrats! 1. 2.
Incorrect: 1, 2. One Product should at least have one product owner. However, the same Product Owner can work across Products. (Not recommended)
Which of the following is the single source of requirements for all changes to the product?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.
This Scrum event is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to:- Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools;- Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements;- Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work.
What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Product Backlog refinement usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team.
A Team is organizing Scrum. What is a must have factor within the Scrum Team? Choose all that Apply.
Congrats! 3. 4. 5.
Incorrect: 3, 4, 5. Remember. Scrum Supports Open Communication and is only successful if the development teams are self-organizing. Scrum Team also supports continuous Improvement by implementing one improvement item discussed in the Sprint Retrospective.
A New Scrum Team is busy documenting all the client requirements in a requirement document. They are working as quickly as they can before the Sprint starts. The Scrum Team:
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. Documenting all the requirements at the same time is not preferred or advised. Instead the Product Owner should focus more on the items which are going to be picked up in the sprint. He / she may continue to elaborate on the rest of the items as he / she find the time.
What kind of Project can be support by the Scrum Framework?
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. Scum is a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Scrum can be used on any type of Projects.
Where are the requirements stored?
Congrats! 1.
Incorrect: 1. In Scrum, the source of all requirements and changes is the Product Backlog.
The Development Team fails to complete all the items. The Product Owner should:
Congrats! 4.
Incorrect: 4. In the real world, almost every sprint will have at least one or two sprint backlog items which won’t be completed. In such situations, the development team will work with the Product Owner to move it back to the Product Backlog. These items would then be moved to the Next Sprint Backlog from the Product Backlog, if needed.
The Sprint Goal needs to be corrected. Who should be present?
Congrats! 3.
Incorrect: 3. Remember the Sprint Goal is crafted by the whole Scrum Team, just not the Product Owner or the development team. If it needs to be changed, the entire team should be present.
One of the Sprints does not add any value to the Product. Its still a successful Sprint.
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. Every Sprint at least adds:- One Functionality.- Value to the Product
When should a burndown chart be created?
Congrats! 2.
Incorrect: 2. A burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. The outstanding work (or backlog) is often on the vertical axis, with time along the horizontal. That is, it is a run chart of outstanding work. It is useful for predicting when all the work will be completed. It should be created end of every sprint at the minimum.
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Who creates the ‘Definition of Done’?
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What are the two essential features of a Scrum Team?
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Dependent on the size of the Development Team the Daily Scrum time-box can be changed.
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Who is responsible for coping with incomplete transparency?
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Select the five Scrum values.
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In order to provide technical or domain advice other people than the Scrum Team can attend the Sprint Planning.
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Who has the responsibility for the Product Backlog?
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What is shown by the ‘Cone of Uncertainty’?
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Regarding the Daily Scrum the Scrum Master does the following (check all possible answers):
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Put the following Scrum events in the right order.
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How does ‘Definition of Done’ help to the Scrum Team? Select three possible answers.
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Scrum is founded on:
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Select three characteristics of the Product Owner?
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Who can participate in the Daily Scrum? Select all possible answers.
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At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best answer.
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Where do we use Scrum? Check all possible answers.
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The team model in Scrum is designed to optimize which three main qualities?
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Please select a time-box for the following Scrum events: Sprint Review, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective.
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What are three Product Backlog features?
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What is shown by the ‘Burn-down Chart’?
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Who has the responsibility for the Product Backlog management?
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The Daily Scrum should always take exactly 15 minutes. If your team managed doing it in 10 minutes, they should spend 5 more minutes on Product Backlog refinement, but no more.
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The same Product Backlog should be used by all Development Teams working on the same product.
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What is the meaning of the word ‘development’ in the context of Scrum? Select the best answer.
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Who has to promote and support Scrum?
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Additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum are not allowed.
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Who has the responsibility for all estimates in the Product Backlog?
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What is the essence of Scrum? Select the best answer.
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How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select three possible answers.
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In the Sprint Planning. there is nothing to do for the Scrum Master. Only the Product Owner and the Development Team can participate.
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Who can make changes in the Product Backlog?
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‘Definition of Done’ is created in the first Sprint and cannot be changed until the final product release.
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What is included by Product Backlog management? Select three possible answers.
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Select the two meetings in which people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.
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What is the Sprint Backlog?
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It is a good practice to sometimes have a special technical Sprint that consists only of tasks removing the technical debt without implementing any new functionality.
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Select three characteristics of the Development Team?
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The structure of the Daily Scrum is predefined. Every team member should answer the three main questions: – What did I do yesterday? – What will I do today? – Do I see any impediment
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How often should Scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress towards a Sprint Goal?
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If you are the Scrum Master and there are ten professionals (developers and testers) and the Product Owner. How do you distribute people between development teams? Choose all possible options:
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Who crafts the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?
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What is the order of tasks in the Product Backlog?
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Is it normal to have a ‘hardening’ Sprint to remove technical debts and prepare the product for the next release.
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How does the Scrum Master help the Development Team? Select three answers.
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