D359 -Chapter Quizzes - Section 1
Questions Fully Solved.
An Agile HR team only invites critical feedback once the result is completed. - Answer False.
Agile HR teams believe that receiving feedback before a product is complete or a solution has
been perfected is positive because that is the only way to deliver slices of value to customers
incrementally.
What are two characteristics of Agile HR that make it different from traditional Human
Resources? - Answer Employee involvement in creating change, principles that enable real-
time decisions.
What can an organization do to improve its employer brand using an Agile HR mindset? -
Answer Create an end-to-end employee journey
A mandated career development plan is an effective approach to an annual performance
discussion. - Answer False - asking employees to complete a career development plan as part
of an annual performance discussion has the right intent, but when it is deemed mandatory in a
top-down management system, the support of people's career development gets lost in the
enforcement of the process.
Which two changes take place when businesses shift to an Agile way of thinking? - Answer
Reducing dependency on hierarchy, and moving toward project-based work.
What is one theory that early 20th century scientific management scholars used to characterize
worker behavior? - Answer People are only motivated by money and will slack off at work if
not closely monitored.
What are two guiding principles of the Agile mindset? - Answer Customer centricity, and
Sustainable velocity
Which two actions are examples of the Agile approach to projects? - Answer Supporting self-
directed learning, and Sharing the progress with all employees.
The waterfall approach is more beneficial than the Agile approach when unexpected changes
occur. - Answer False - a waterfall project's biggest risk is identifying changes too late. Scope,
schedule, and cost can be massively affected by a late change.
How can HR use design thinking to meet organizational challenges? - Answer Partner with
key stakeholders to investigate problems that occur.
, Steal with pride is a method used during the ideate stage to research what other companies are
doing in performance management. - Answer False - steal with pride is a method used
during ideate step that involves looking for solutions outside the immediate domain, such as
studying how another industry solves a similar problem. BENCHMARKING is a method to
research what other companies are doing in performance management.
A team acts out a new HRIS interface in front of selected employees. Which prototyping method
is being used in this scenario? - Answer Wizard of Oz testing
What is the purpose of developing a strong vision for a new process? - Answer To maintain
focus on process objectives and goals
During a review of an organization's workforce, HR identified a high percentage of employees
eligible for retirement. Many of the employees are in key positions that are specialized and
require a specific skill set. What approach should HR take to address this issue and add value to
the organization? - Answer Develop a cross-functional team to help address the issue.
The definition of done (DoD) is specified at the level of the whole project, while acceptance
criteria are specified at the backlog item level. - Answer True
What is the purpose of using Scrum? - Answer To provide a holistic framework for meeting
objectives
What is the purpose of a sprint backlog? - Answer To represent the work the team must
complete during the time boxed sprint
Sprints are consecutive, and each sprint essentially follows the Agile feedback loop of backlog,
to do, doing, and done. - Answer False - Agile sprints follow the feedback loop of plan, do,
check, act.
A basic Kanban board contains columns for backlog, to do, doing, and done. - Answer True
HR team members try to maximize the value they provide to a company. As a result, they start
designing projects to tackle the most value-added aspects first. What does this provide for the
company? - Answer Increased efficiency in contributing to the business. Pareto's principle
states that the first 20% of features give customers 80% of the possible value of a project
A chief human resource officer (CHRO) conducted a sales training but found that the new
practices were not implemented. The CHRO plans to design a new training for the sales team.
The goal of the new training is to modify the sales team's long-term behavior while increasing
Questions Fully Solved.
An Agile HR team only invites critical feedback once the result is completed. - Answer False.
Agile HR teams believe that receiving feedback before a product is complete or a solution has
been perfected is positive because that is the only way to deliver slices of value to customers
incrementally.
What are two characteristics of Agile HR that make it different from traditional Human
Resources? - Answer Employee involvement in creating change, principles that enable real-
time decisions.
What can an organization do to improve its employer brand using an Agile HR mindset? -
Answer Create an end-to-end employee journey
A mandated career development plan is an effective approach to an annual performance
discussion. - Answer False - asking employees to complete a career development plan as part
of an annual performance discussion has the right intent, but when it is deemed mandatory in a
top-down management system, the support of people's career development gets lost in the
enforcement of the process.
Which two changes take place when businesses shift to an Agile way of thinking? - Answer
Reducing dependency on hierarchy, and moving toward project-based work.
What is one theory that early 20th century scientific management scholars used to characterize
worker behavior? - Answer People are only motivated by money and will slack off at work if
not closely monitored.
What are two guiding principles of the Agile mindset? - Answer Customer centricity, and
Sustainable velocity
Which two actions are examples of the Agile approach to projects? - Answer Supporting self-
directed learning, and Sharing the progress with all employees.
The waterfall approach is more beneficial than the Agile approach when unexpected changes
occur. - Answer False - a waterfall project's biggest risk is identifying changes too late. Scope,
schedule, and cost can be massively affected by a late change.
How can HR use design thinking to meet organizational challenges? - Answer Partner with
key stakeholders to investigate problems that occur.
, Steal with pride is a method used during the ideate stage to research what other companies are
doing in performance management. - Answer False - steal with pride is a method used
during ideate step that involves looking for solutions outside the immediate domain, such as
studying how another industry solves a similar problem. BENCHMARKING is a method to
research what other companies are doing in performance management.
A team acts out a new HRIS interface in front of selected employees. Which prototyping method
is being used in this scenario? - Answer Wizard of Oz testing
What is the purpose of developing a strong vision for a new process? - Answer To maintain
focus on process objectives and goals
During a review of an organization's workforce, HR identified a high percentage of employees
eligible for retirement. Many of the employees are in key positions that are specialized and
require a specific skill set. What approach should HR take to address this issue and add value to
the organization? - Answer Develop a cross-functional team to help address the issue.
The definition of done (DoD) is specified at the level of the whole project, while acceptance
criteria are specified at the backlog item level. - Answer True
What is the purpose of using Scrum? - Answer To provide a holistic framework for meeting
objectives
What is the purpose of a sprint backlog? - Answer To represent the work the team must
complete during the time boxed sprint
Sprints are consecutive, and each sprint essentially follows the Agile feedback loop of backlog,
to do, doing, and done. - Answer False - Agile sprints follow the feedback loop of plan, do,
check, act.
A basic Kanban board contains columns for backlog, to do, doing, and done. - Answer True
HR team members try to maximize the value they provide to a company. As a result, they start
designing projects to tackle the most value-added aspects first. What does this provide for the
company? - Answer Increased efficiency in contributing to the business. Pareto's principle
states that the first 20% of features give customers 80% of the possible value of a project
A chief human resource officer (CHRO) conducted a sales training but found that the new
practices were not implemented. The CHRO plans to design a new training for the sales team.
The goal of the new training is to modify the sales team's long-term behavior while increasing
