1.6 Given a scenario, apply schedule development and management activities and techniques.

Question 1

An agile team is developing a software application that should take several months to complete. What type of deliverable is the team likely developing?

Answer 1

Epic

It’s a deliverable in an agile team that is equivalent in size to a project that last several iterations

Question 2

Calculated buffer of time and cost that covers documented risks. These risks are called “known unknowns”

Answer 2

Contingency reserves

Question 3

Unique re-baselining characteristic

Answer 3

• Analytical activity that can change the project’s cost, scope, or schedule
• A response to general variance
• Baseline adjustment that is not driven by a change request

Question 4

Soft logic is also known as _______

Answer 4

discretionary dependency

Question 5

Hard logic is also known as _______

Answer 5

mandatory dependency

Question 6

A Scrum master is documenting tasks for a team. How are tasks different from sprint goals?

Answer 6

• They are smaller than a work package or user story
• They describe specific steps to take
• They are the action taken to complete deliverables

Question 7

Epics are large deliverables usually triggered by _________

Answer 7

business cases

Question 8

A product owner is reviewing details for a project. In what instance owner use the term epic?

Answer 8

• When work will last several iterations or months
• When it is a large deliverable triggered by a business case
• When the scope is equivalent in size to a project

Question 9

After convening with the team, a Scrum Master is documenting the sprint goal. What benefit is there to having sprint goals?

Answer 9

• Defines a primary value that a team plans to deliver in a given sprint
• Sets an objective that reflects the expected outcome at the end of the sprint

Question 10

Which type of dependency is the rarest?

Answer 10

Start-to-finish

Question 11

Start time is not relevant in which dependency?

Answer 11

Finish-to-finish

Question 12

What is unique to a finish-to-start dependency type?

Answer 12

• 2nd activity starts after 1st activity finishes
• Most common dependency type

Question 13

A Scrum team is planning to deliver a primary value at the end of a sprint. This primary value is known as what?

Answer 13

Goal

Question 14

In the context of agile development, a _______ is smaller than an epic but still sizeable (1-3 iterations)

Answer 14

feature

Question 15

Unknown unknown

Answer 15

Setback the team has not forecasted.

For this, management reserve is used

Question 16

CPM Steps:

Answer 16

1. Draw the project activities and dependencies
2. Calculate PERT
3. Complete a forward pass to calculate the early start and early finish
4. Complete backward pass to calculate the late start and late finish
5. Calculate the total float