Facilitating Iteration Execution Flashcards
True or False: Iteration planning should last less than 4 hours.
True
True or False: The Iteration planning event is for and by the team.
True
5 steps of Iteration planning:
1) Establish capacity
2) xxxxx
3) Detailing stories
4) Developing Iteration Goals
5) Committing to Iteration Goals
2) Story analysis and estimating
Tasks to Establish Capacity:
1Team applies capacity allocation to the Team Backlog
2 Team quantifies capacity to perform work in the upcoming Iteration
3_Each team member determines their availability, acknowledging
time off and other potential duties
4_The ________ in collaboration with the teams select the highest priority backlog items for each ‘slice’ of the capacity allocation to
implement in an Iteration
Product Owner
Story analysis and estimating:
1) The ______ ______presents stories in order of priority
1) Product Owner
Story analysis and estimating:
Each ______
- Is discussed and analyzed by the team
- Has its acceptance criteria defined and refined
- Is estimated
Story
Story analysis and estimating:
The process continues until the estimation
of the Stories has reached the _______ of
the team
Capacity
True or False: Many teams break their stories into tasks and forecast them in hours to better understand their capacity and capabilities.
True
When tasking stories - _____ _____ discuss:
► Who would be the best person to accomplish it? ► Approximately how long would it take? ► What dependencies might it have to other Stories?
Team members
3 main purposes of iteration goals:
1) _____ team members to a common purpose
2) Align teams to common Program Increment (Pl)
Objectives and manage dependencies
3) Provide transparency and management information
Align
Committing to the Iteration Goals:
______ ________ are not just to do the work. They are committed
to other teams, the program, and the stakeholders.
Team Commitments
Committing to the Iteration Goals:
A team meets its committment by doing everything they said they would do or immediately ______ a ______.
Raising a concern
True or False: Too much holding to a commitment can lead to
burnout , inflexibility, and quality problems .
True
True or False: Too little commitment can lead to unpredictability and
lack of focus on results.
True
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
- Maintain a ______
Timebox
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
*Ensure that the team commits to the Iteration _______
Goals
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
*Verify that the ______ _______ or other managers don’t influence the team to overcommit
Product Owner
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
Challenge the team to ________ their previous accomplishments
Exceed
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
Ensure that the improvement items from the _______ are put into effect
Retrospective
Scrum Master Role in Iteration Planning (Best Approaches)
Ensure time is _______ for technical debt activities
allocated
The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)
*Delving too deep into _______ discussions
Technical
The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)
*__________ is unrealistic
Commitment
The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)
*________ and load are exactly the same
Capacity
The Scrum Master’s role in Iteration Planning (Common anti-patterns)
*Scrum Master is more focused on the _______ role
than the facilitator’s role
technical
