When introducing agile processes to a company, a quality assurance (QA) manager resists and believes that the switch to agile will remove quality controls and documents How should the agile practitioner address this concern?

1. A. Educate the QA manager that in agile, quality is integrated from the begining to end of the project.
2. B. Write backlog items that include QA as part of the description.
3. C. Ask for the current QA documents and incorporate them into the technical debt backlog.
4. D. Ask the product owner to write tests and QA controls into the acceptance criteria

Correct Answer: A

An agile team's client has been asked to expedite the delivery of the next release. By delivering one month early, the company can generate US$40,000 more than expected for the quarter.
What should the agile team do?

1. A. Adhere to the new deadline and immediately advise the client that the schedule has been expedited
2. B. Advise the client that it is best to continue as planned rather than introduce unforeseen risks by expediting the schedule.
3. C. Submit a change request to the client with a 50% increase in charges due to the new potential profit.
4. D. Request additional resources to meet the expedited deadline and obtain training for the new resources.

Correct Answer: D

An agile practitioner wants to communicate the effect of technical debt on the project What should the practitioner do?

1. A. Post and discuss rises in the burn down chart
2. B. Adjust story points to account for technical debt.
3. C. Log technical debt as an impediment.
4. D. Add refactoring tasks to all stones

Correct Answer: C

A scrum team has conducted regular retrospectives to discuss immediate concerns and the implementation of improvement actions. Despite this, after a few iterations, the same concerns resurface.
What should the team have done to improve retrospective outcomes?

1. A. Invited subject matter experts (SMEs)
2. B. Conducted problem detection to determine root causes
3. C. Measured and reported the outcome of improvement actions to the team
4. D. Kept track of all current issues in a log, and then reviewed their progress at the end of every iteration

Correct Answer: A

Business stakeholders of an agile project frequently skip the review meetings. What should the agile practitioner do?

1. A. Ask the product owner to inform all stakeholders about the project's progress.
2. B. Send meeting notes to all stakeholders after each review meeting.
3. C. Include the results of the review meetings in the information radiators.
4. D. Convince the stakeholders of the benefits of attending the review meetings.

Correct Answer: D