Agile Mock test - Mock exam 4 ALL ANSWERS & SOLUTION 100% CORRECT SPRING FALL-2023/24 LATEST GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Agile contracting best practices require structuring milestones and payment terms on: A. Stage gates B. Fixed milestones C. Phase gates D. Value-driven deliverables. D. Value-driven deliverables. Explanation D - Traditional approaches to contracting structure milestones and payment terms on fixed milestones, phase gates and stage gates. Agile contracting best practices require structuring milestones and payment terms on value-driven deliverables. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 77] [Value-driven Delivery] On a burndown chart, the intersection of the work remaining trend line and the horizontal axis indicates the: A. Cutover date B. Handover date C. Completion deadline D. Most probable completion of work D. Most probable completion of work Explanation D - On a burndown chart, the intersection of the work remaining trend line, a projection of the current velocity, and the horizontal axis indicates the most likely completion date. However, as this date is not fixed and the estimate changes with the change in velocity, this intersection does not point to any specific date or deadline. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 62] [Team Performance] You are leading an Agile project. The team has proposed using a Kanban board to manage the team's work in progress and spot bottlenecks. The following work flow has been agreed on for the Kanban board: Ready - Develop and Unit Test - Dev-Done - System Test - Done. According to this Kanban board, the lead time of an item is the: A. The time an item enters the "Ready" bin till the time it exits the "Done" bin. B. The time an item enters the "Develop and Unit Test" bin till the time it exits the "Done" bin. C. The time an item enters the "Develop and Unit Test" bin till the time it enters the "Done" bin. D. The time an item enters the "Ready" bin till the time it enters the "Done" bin. A. The time an item enters the "Ready" bin till the time it exits the "Done" bin. Explanation A - Lead time is from the time you put an item on the board until you deliver it. This will be represented by the time an item enters the "Ready" bin till the time it exits the "Done" bin. Exiting the "Done" bin implies delivery to the customer. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 65] [Value-driven Delivery] Which of the following statements regarding Agile release planning is incorrect? A. Agile release planning focuses on features that will be released by the end of each project iteration. B. Release planning is the process of creating a very high-level plan that covers a period longer than an iteration. C. The product owner and the whole team decide how much must be developed and how long that will take before they have a releasable product. D. A typical release plan will cover perhaps three to six months and maybe three to twelve or more iterations. A. Agile release planning focuses on features that will be released by the end of each project iteration. Explanation A - Agile release planning doesn't focus on releases at the end of each project iteration. Instead, the product owner and the whole team decide how much must be developed and how long that will take before they have a releasable product. [Cohn, M., 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning. 1st ed. Massachusetts: Pearson Education. Page 131] [Adaptive Planning] A servant-leader gives colored sticky dots to the team and asks them to put these on a poster containing team issues. The team then starts placing their dots next to the items under consideration. What is this team doing? A. Conducting a root cause analysis. B. Developing a fishbone diagram. C. Identifying issues. D. Prioritizing issues. D. Prioritizing issues. Explanation D - Prioritize with Dots is an Agile technique that helps teams prioritize their top issues, ideas, or proposals. Planning poker is a user story estimating technique. Hoshin Kanri and Ishikawa Diagrams are not prioritization techniques. [Derby, E. and Larsen, D., 2006. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. 1st ed. Texas: Pragmatic Bookshelf, Page 92] [Problem Detection and Resolution] On traditional projects, a change control board is usually established to authorize change requests. Who is responsible to authorize changes on an Agile project? A. Scrum master B. Product owner C. Agile team D. End users B. Product owner Explanation B - Product owners have the ultimate responsibility of the project success. They prioritize the project backlog and authorize change requests on an Agile project. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 41] [Agile Principles and Mindset] Your Agile project team is currently having communication issues. You underestimated these risks earlier and did not establish clear ground rules and group norms upfront in the project. Which document typically includes these items? A. Sprint backlog B. Team charter C. Agile Manifesto D. Product backlog B. Team charter Explanation B - Teams do not need a formal process for chartering as long as the teams understand how to work together. Some teams benefit from a team chartering process. Team ground rules and norms are typically included in a team charter. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 50] [Value-driven Delivery] Which of the following is generally known as the best Agile estimating technique? A. Disaggregation B. Analogy C. Planning poker D. Expert opinion C. Planning poker Explanation C - Planning poker is generally recognized as the best Agile estimating technique. Planning poker combines expert opinion, analogy, and disaggregation into an enjoyable approach to estimating that results in quick but reliable estimates. [Cohn, M., 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning. 1st ed. Massachusetts: Pearson Education. Page 56] [Adaptive Planning] You are leading a 500 story date-driven project that should produce the final release in six months. If the expected velocity is 25 story points per three-week iteration. How many iterations will be required to complete the project? A. 20 B. 75 C. 167 D. 9 D. 9 Explanation D - If the project is date-driven, we have a deadline to finish the project with as many features as possible. A six-month completion period means we have 26 weeks on the project. With an iteration length of three weeks, this means we would get nine iterations to deliver as many features as possible. [Cohn, M., 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning. 1st ed. Massachusetts: Pearson Education. Page 135] [Team Performance] CONTINIUED...