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Three Pillars of Scrum Theory

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Transparency, inspection, and adaption

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Four types of Scrum events

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Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective

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5 scrum values

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commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect

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Scrum teams are _____ and _____

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self-organizing and cross functional

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Scrum teams deliver products _____ and _____. Why?

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iteratively and incrementally. Maximizes opportunities for feedback. Incremental deliveries of “Done” product ensure a useful version of a working product is always available.

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Sole person responsible for managing Product backlog

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Product Owner

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Who is responsible for optimizing the value of the work the Dev Team performs

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Product Owner

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Who delivers a potentially releasable increment of “Done” product at the end of each Sprint?

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Development team

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Who tells the DEV team how to turn product backlog into increments of potentially releasable functionality?

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NO ONE. They are self organizing.

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What are the titles / teams and sub-teams for the Development Team

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NONE . accountability belongs to team as a whole

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Optimal development team size

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3-9

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Scrum master main responsibilities

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promoting and supporting SCRUM theory, practices, rules, and values

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Who removes impediments to Dev team progress

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Scrum master

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How long is a sprint? When Does a new Sprint start?

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Max of 1 month where a DONE usable and potentially releasable product increment is created. Starts immediately after the previous sprint. Consistent duration throughout development efforts.

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What does the Sprint consist of?

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Sprint planning, Daily Scrums, Development work, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective

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What is the only thing that be changed during a sprint

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Scope can be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Dev team as more info is learned.

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Can a Sprint be cancelled?

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Uncommon:
Only the Product owner can cancel a sprint (possibly under influence of stakeholders/dev team/ Scrum master).
Why? Sprint goal is obsolete
Then What? PO usually accepts partial work. Incomplete backlog items are re-estimated and put back on the product backlog

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Sprint planning. What is it and length.

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Planning the work to be performed in the sprint involving the entire Scrum Team.
1-2 hours per week of the sprint schedule. No more than 8 hours for a month sprint.

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Sprint planning answers:

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What can be delivered in the increment resulting from the upcoming sprint
How will the work needed to deliver the increment be achieved.

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The number of items selected from the product backlog for the sprint is up to

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the Development team only. They are the only ones that can assess what they can accomplish over the upcoming sprint.

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What is a Sprint Goal

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an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the product backlog. Provides guidance to the Dev team on WHY it is building the increment.

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Product backlog items selected fro sprint plus plans for delivering them is called

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The Sprint Backlog

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How far out does the Development team plan in the first days of a sprint

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units of one day or less.

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Who structures the Daily Scrum.

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Dev Team but the Scrum master teaches them to keep it to 15 minutes

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How long is a Sprint Review. What does it cover
at most 4 hours long for one-month sprints What is done or not done What went well/problems Result is a revised product backlog that defines the probable product backlog items for next sprint
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Sprint retrospective. What and how long
opportunity for Scrum Team to inspect itself and plan for improvements to next sprint. After Sprint review and prior to next Sprint Planning. At most 3 hours for 1 month sprint.
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Scrum Artifacts
represent work or value to provide opportunities for inspection and adaptation. Artifacts are Designed by SCRUM to maximize transparency of information so everyone has same understanding of artifact.
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Attributes of a Product bakklog
description, order, estimate, and value
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because requirements never stop changing, a product backlog is known as
a living artifact
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product backlog refinement
adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the backlog
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product backlog items that can be done by the dev team within the sprint are deemed
ready for selection in a sprint planning
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who is responsible for estimates in the product backlog
dev team but the product owner may influence dev team by helping it understand tradeoffs
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Ordered list of everything known to be needed in the product
product backlog
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attributes of product backlog
description, order, estimate, and value
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the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog.
Product Backlog refinement
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When can backlog items be updated
at any time by the product owner
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set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal
The Sprint Backlog
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Who changes the sprint backlog during a sprint and who does it belong to
Dev team
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The Increment
sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints.must be in useable condition regardless of whether the Product Owner decides to release it.
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The most powerful capability of Scrum Teams is that they ar
self organizing and empowered
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An organization adopts Agile practices and implements incremental delivery strategy, if implemented correctly the company should see improved
– Project ROI by increasing individual features to market
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Which of the following is the best description of velocity
Velocity is measured rate at which team turns product backlog items into running tested features
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Who is responsible for determining the value of each feature?
Product Owner
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In Scrum each sprint produces
An increment of potentially shippable functionality
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9. What is the primary purpose of the sprint review –
To show the incremental delivery of features
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10. Which of the following is most likely to assist when a customer has difficulty prioritizing stories
Split the stories so the customer can choose the pieces they want
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11. Who is responsible for the definition of done?
Team
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13. Which of the following best describes story points
Relative size of a user story
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14. According to the Pareto rule, when prioritizing the backlog
A small % of work will provide a large amount of value
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15. What is used to provide basic information on stories, high-level requirements, developing work estimates, and defining acceptance tests
User story card, on a storyboard or wallboard
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18. A development team has completed their tasks that they are responsible for the next sprint, which of the following tools shows the highest transparency of progress during a sprint
Burndown chart
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20. During the daily standup the team goes into problem-solving discussion. How should ScrumMaster respond
Table discussion until daily standup is over
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25. What is a driving force behind Agile methodology
time to market
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27. What type of story is used when a story has lacking of technological knowledge
spike
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28. The best description of the daily
Raise the visibility of peoples work and ensure work is integrated and aligned
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29. Which of the following drivers is the most important factor in developing the order in which features should be developed?
customer value
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30. Which of the following techniques provide osmotic communication
Team members working together co-located
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33. Refactoring is
changing code without changing external behavior
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36. Which of the following best represents Agile philosophy
Continuous delivery
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37. Burndown chart, wallboards, and storyboards are communicated using
Information radiators
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42. Common estimation unit for Agile is
Story points

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