Which of the following is required in Scrum?

1. A. Sprint Retrospective
2. B. All Development Team members answering the three QUESTION NO:s at the Daily Scrum
3. C. Sprint Burndown Chart
4. D. User Stories
5. E. All of the above

Correct Answer: A

Paul is a Product Owner for multiple products. Each product is allocated a dedicated Scrum Team and a set budget. Based on the average velocity of a previous product release, Paul had estimated a new product to take 9 Sprints to complete. The average velocity of the previous product release was 50 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 Sprints, the Development Team reported an average velocity of 40 completed units per Sprint, while not fully completing the required integration tests. The Development Team estimates that integration testing would require additional effort to make the increments shippable. The Development Team is unsure if the required velocity is achievable.
What is the most effective way to recover?

1. A. In the next Sprints, the Development Team strives to make the selected work as close to ‘done’ as possible and at the minimum 90% complete
2. B. Any undone work is divided into new Product Backlog Items that will be deferred to the last Sprint in order to maintain stable velocity.
3. C. The Development Team informs Paul that the progress he has perceived to date is not correc
4. D. The Increment is not releasabl
5. E. They give Paul their estimate of the effort it would take to get the previous work ‘done’, and suggest doing that work first before proceeding with new feature
6. F. The team also re- estimates the effort to make the remaining Product Backlog items ‘done’, including all integration effor
7. G. In the end, it is Paul’s call to continue the project or to cancel.
8. H. The Scrum Master will manage the Sprint Backlog and assign work to the Development Team members to ensure maximum utilization of each membe
9. I. He/she will keep track of unused resources so that it does not impact the budge
10. J. Unused budget can be allocated for additional Sprints if needed.
11. K. The Scrum Master sets the open work aside to be performed in one or more release Sprint
12. L. They remind Paul to find funding for enough Release Sprints in which this remaining work can be don
13. M. Up to one release Sprint per three development Sprints may be require
14. N. It is Paul’s role to inform users and stakeholders of the impact on the release date.

Correct Answer: B
Scrum is founded on empirical process control and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. At the end of every Sprint, an increment of ‘done’ work must be available in order to inspect and adapt accordingly.

A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing.
What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)

1. A. The team’s Definition of Done is not being adhered to during every Sprint.
2. B. The team’s Definition of Done is weak or incomplete causing a build up of technical debt.
3. C. The Development Team is having difficulties with the ability to regularly release during a Sprint.
4. D. Hardening Sprints are supported by the Scrum framework so this is acceptable.
5. E. Scrum has been customized in a suitable manner to make the previous work releasable.

Correct Answer: ABC
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done.

What would be the responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team?

1. A. Update stakeholders on the daily progress and keep the burn-down chart updated.
2. B. Select the Product Backlog items for the Sprint and do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.
3. C. Writing User Stories and reordering the Product Backlog.
4. D. Deciding on the value of the product features and value estimations.

Correct Answer: B

What would be good ways of creating Development Teams that would support the Scrum values?

1. A. Project Managers will allocate individuals to specific teams.
2. B. Bring all the developers or existing teams together and let them propose how to organize into the new structure and self-organize into Development Teams.
3. C. The operations manager determines the new team structures and assignments.
4. D. Direct managers personally re-assign current reports to new teams.

Correct Answer: B
The ones that will be doing the work are the best ones to decide on what Development Team structures work best.