ATLASSIAN AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CE.

ATLASSIAN AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERT TEST

You'remamseniormmanagermandmyou'reminmchargemofmupdatingmyourmbank'smsoftware.mThe
mdirectormformthismprojectmhasmbeenmwithmthemcompanymformdecades.mThismdirectormstar
tedmoutmasmamdeveloperminmamprogrammingmlanguagemcalledmFortran.mNowmthemteammis
musingmamnewermlanguagemcalledmPython.mWhenmyoummeetmwithmthemdirectormtheymsay,
m"wemcouldmdomthatminmFortran,mbutmI'mmnotmsuremitmcouldmbemdoneminmPython."mAft
ermamfewmfailedmmeetingsmyoumwantmtommeetmdirectlymwithmthemdevelopmentmteammso
mthatmtheymcanmanswermyourmquestions.mWhat'smthemkeymchallengemyou'remtryingmtomov
ercome?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmNomdirectormcouldmspecializeminmallmthemtechnologymthatmgoes
mintomammodernmsoftwaremproduct

Explanation:mModernmsoftwaremprojectsmrequiremmanymdevelopersmwithmamvarietymofmdiffe
rentmskills.mIt'smverymunlikelymthatmanyonemmanagermwillmbemablemtommastermallmofmthe
mskillsmofmthemdevelopersmonmthemteam.mSomheremthemmanagermmightmwantmtomencour
agemthemteammtomself-organizemandmcomemupmwithmsolutions.

What'smthembestmwaymtomdescribemthemconemofmuncertainty?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmYoummustmmakemdecisionsmearlymwhenmyoumknowmthemleastma
boutmhowmthingsmwillmturnmout

Explanation:mItmcostsmthemleastmtomplanmandmmakemchangesmatmthemverymbeginningmofm
themconemofmuncertainty,mbutmunfortunatelymthat'smwhenmyoumknowmthemleastmaboutmw
hatmitmwillmtakemtomdelivermthemproduct.mAsmyourmteammgoesmfurthermintomthemcone,mi
tmbecomesmmoremexpensivemtommakemchanges,mbutmatmthemsamemtimemthemteammbeco
mesmclearermonmhowmitmwillmdelivermthemproduct.

You'remjustmstartingmoutmasmamproductmownermformanmagilemteam.mThemfirstmweekmamp
rojectmmanagermgivesmyoumambulletedmlistmofmprojectmrequirements.mShemsays,m"whymdo
n'tmyoumcopymthismintomamspreadsheet,mandmthenmwe'llmusemitmformthemproductmbacklog
?"mThismismamgoodmexamplemof:m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmApproachingmagilemasmamsetmofmpracticesminsteadmofmamnewm
waymofmthinkingmaboutmyourmproduct

Explanation:mCopyingmovermprojectmrequirementsmintomusermstoriesmputsmtoommuchmemph
asismonmthempracticemofmwritingmstoriesmbutmnotmenoughmemphasismonmthemagilemminds
et.

Principlesm1,m8,m9mandm10mofmthemAgilemManifestomdescribemprioritizingmhigh-
valuemwork.mWhat'smamcommonmwaymthatmagilemteamsmprioritizemtheirmwork?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmTheymcreatemamrankedmlistmofmwhatmthemcustomermfindsmvalua
ble

Explanation:mAgilemteamsmworkmonmthemhighestmvaluemitemsmfirst.mThismismdifferentmfrom
mothermsoftwaremdevelopmentmpracticesmthatmencouragemteamsmtomworkmonmwhat'smmos
tmtechnicallymchallengingmormtakemthemlongestmtomdevelop.mAgilemteamsmtypicallymhavema
mrepresentativemofmproductmownermwhomranksmallmofmthemproductsmfunctionsmandmfeatur
esmbymcustomermvalue.

Inmammeeting,myourmmanagingmdirectormpassesmoutmamcopymofmthemAgilemManifesto.mTh
eymsaidmthatmagilemteamsmarembettermatmdevelopingmsoftware.mSomyoumshouldmreadmthe
mprintoutmandmthenmworkmtogethermasmanmagilemteam.mWhat'smonemofmthemchallengesm
withmthismapproach?m-

, m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmThemAgilemManifestomdescribesmammindsetmandmnotmampractical
mwaymofmworking

Explanation:mThemAgilemManifestomismwrittenminmamwaymthatmencouragesmteamsmtomembr
acemamcertainmmindset.mItmdoesn'tmoutlinemampracticalmwaymofmworkingmlikemyoumseemin
mprojectmmanagementmormmanufacturing.

What'smthembestmdefinitionmofmanmagilemteam?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmIt'smamteammthatmembracesmammindsetmthat'smconsistentmwithm
themAgilemManifesto

Explanation:mAgilemteamsmembracemammindsetmthat'smconsistentmwithmthemvaluesmandmpri
nciplesmoutlinedminmthemAgilemManifesto.

Agilemteamsmoftenmworkminmtwo-
weekm"Sprints."mWhat'smonemofmthemmainmjustificationsmformhavingmsuchmamshortmiteratio
nmofmwork?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmAmshortmSprintmhelpsmthemteammdevelopmsmallermbatchesmofm
work

Explanation:mIt'smeasiermformthemteammtomavoidmmultitaskingmifmtheymfocusmonmamsmalle
rmbatchmofmwork.mAgilemteamsmtypicallymworkminmtwo-
weekmSprints.mDuringmthatmtime,mthemteammshouldmcompletelymfocusmonmdeliveringmthem
workmtheymcommitedmtomduringmtheirmplanning.

Onmanmagilemteammit'smusuallymbettermtomhavemamteammofmgeneralistsmthanmonemofmsp
ecialists.
FALSE
TRUEm-m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmTRUE

Explanation:mWhenmyou'remworkingminmagilemteam,mit'smbettermtomhavemamgroupmofmgen
eralistsmthatmcanmalwaysmcontributemsomemworkmtomthemproduct.mIfmthemteammhasmaml
otmofmspecialists,mthenmitmmightmencouragemteammmembersmtomworkmoffmlargembatches
mtheymneedmtomhandmoffmtomthemnextmspecialist.mSomformanmagilemteam,mit'smbettermto
mhavemamgroupmthatmknowsmamlittlembitmaboutmeverythingmthanmonemwheremeachmperso
nmspecializes.

You'remamseniormdevelopermandmyourmmanagermhasmaskedmyoumtomworkmonmtwomdiffere
ntmsoftwaremdevelopmentmteams.mYourmmanagermsaysmthatmnomonemknowsmthemsystemm
asmwellmasmyoumdomandmsomyoumcanmworkm20mhoursmonmeachmteamminsteadmofm40m
hoursmonmonemteam.mWhatmwillmbemthemmostmdifficultmchallengemwithmthismwaymofmwo
rking?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmMultitaskingmbetweenmthemtwomteamsmwillmdramaticallymlowerm
yourmproductivity

Explanation:mIfmsomeonemworksmonmmoremthanmonemtask,mtheirmproductivitymisn'tm50%mf
ormeachmtask.mInmfact,mtheirmproductivitymmightmdipmtomaroundm30%mformeachmtask.mTh
at'smbecausemcontextmswitchingmbetweenmthemtwomtasksmdipsmintomtheirmproductivity.mSo
mamseniormdevelopermwhomswitchesmbetweenmteamsmhasmlowermproductivity.

Whymdomagilemteamsmtypicallymtrymtomworkminmtwo-weekmSprints?m-
m"ACCURATEmANSWER"mmItmhelpsmthemteammfocusmonmshortmtermmplanning

Explanation:mAgilemteamsmdon'tmgivemupmplanning,mtheymfocusmonmshort-
termmplanning.mThat'smonemofmthemadvantagesmofmworkingminmtwo-
weekmSprints.mHeremthemteammcanmbemsuremthatmtheymaremonlymplanningmwhatmneedsm
tombemdeliveredmatmthemendmofmthemnextmSprint.