Defined vs Empirical

Look at the activities below and decide if they are best controlled using defined or e

Defined
Write YES/NO
1. Bringing up Children

2. Getting Coffee from a Coffee Machine

queries

4. Cooking

conduct intricate heart surgeries

Empirical WHY?
Write YES/NO
Agile Manifesto Principles
_______________
processes harness ____________________________
couple of months, with a preference _____________
4. Business people and developers must __________________
____________ they need, and trust them ______________
to and within a development team is ________________
7. Working product is the _______________
_________________
9. Continuous attention to _______________ enhances agility
essential
____________
behavior accordingly
(a,b,c....) answers from this column
a) work together daily throughout the project
b) face-to-face conversation
c) constant pace indefinitely
d) self-organizing teams
e) technical excellence and good design
competitive advantage
g) amount of work not done
h) primary measure of progress
i) the team reflects on how to become more effective
j) early and continuous delivery of valuable product
get the job done
l) frequently, to the shorter timescale
Discuss who is accountable for the following activities? Product Owner, Scrum Mas
Sr. Activities Answer Sr.
1 Maximizing the value of the product 2
4 transparent, visible and understood 5
7 the Sprint Goal 8
10 pace 11
13 Facilitation and Coaching 14
16 Product Goal and Roadmap. 17
19 Recruitment and people onboarding. 20
22 manage their own work 23
g activities? Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers, Scrum Team or None
Activites Answer Sr.
Sprint Backlog 3
the Scrum Guide 6
Manage work 9
Reduce Technical Debt 12
Backlog. 15
Hire and Fire 18
Increment every Sprint 21
Voice of the Customer 24
velopers, Scrum Team or None
Activities Answer
Definition of Done
Scrum framework
Sizing (Estimations) of day-to-day work
Who does what, when, and how
Members
Managing Budgets
Tracks progress of Release
Inspect and Adapt
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Questions about Sprint Planning
Sprint Planning is a max 8 hour event for one month sprint. For shorter
During the Sprint Planning, Product Owner assigns tasks to the Developers
During the Sprint Planning, Scrum Master assigns the tasks to the
The three topics of Sprint Planning are WHY, WHAT, HOW
You CANNOT invite anyone else other than scrum team members into a
Sprint Backlog gets created by the end of the Sprint Planning
The Sprint Goal, the Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus the
Product Backlog Refinement must be done ONLY during the Sprint Planning
Past performance (Velocity) and Capacity Available could be inputs to
By the end of Sprint planning, the Sprint Goal must be finalized
TRUE/FALSE
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Questions about Daily Scrum
Daily Scrum is Max 15 minutes duration regardless of the length of the
The purpose of the Daily Scrum is for the Scrum Master to check the
Scrum Master and Developers are compulsory participants of the Daily
If you were to use the three questions format for Daily Scrum, the
The purpose of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress toward the Sprint
The benefits of Daily Scrum is to improve communication, collaboration
Daily Scrum enables the Scrum team to identify impediments so that they
Daily scrum creates focus and improves self-management
Daily Scrum should be done at the same place and same time every day
The Daily Scrum is the ONLY TIME Developers are allowed to adjust their
TRUE/FALSE
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Questions about Sprint Review
sprints, this event is usually shorter.
should be allowed
Product Owner reviews the work done by the Developers in the Sprint Review
and stakeholders
The Sprint Review should be considered a gate to releasing value
limiting it to a presentation
Sprint Review is the event to discuss progress toward the Product Goal.
to production
Based on discussions in Sprint Review, the Product Backlog could be adjusted
should be Done before the Sprint Review Starts
TRUE/FALSE
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Questions about Sprint Retrospective
month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter
Retrospective
refinement
right Product Increment can be demonstrated to the stakeholders
most helpful changes to improve its effectiveness
individuals, interactions, processes, tools
happen
Scrum Master is optional in Sprint Retrospective
Product Owner is optional in Sprint Retrospective
of Done for the next sprint
TRUE/FALSE
 Product Backlog – Select Correct Option
Sr Question
1 Product Backlog is an _____ list of what is needed to
2 Product Backlog items _____ be written in the form of a user
3 Product backlog is _____ complete and over time it
4 The ________ is responsible for the Product Backlog
5 ______ is the act of breaking down and further defining
6 Product Backlog items that can be Done by the Scrum Team
7 The defects and improvement items ___ added to the
Options Answer
(finalized/ordered)
(must/may)
(never/always)
(Scrum Master / Product
(Product Backlog Grooming/
(Sprint Planning / Product
(should be / should not be)
 Sprint Backlog – Select Correct Option
Sr Question
1 The Sprint Backlog is a plan by and for the ______
2 The Sprint Backlog is updated _____ the Sprint
3 The Sprint Goal ___ contained in the Sprint Backlog
4 Sprint Backlog should have enough detail that they can
5 Sprint Backlog _____ highly visible
6 Sprint Backlog is created during ____ event
7 Sprint Backlog ___ emptied at the end of the Sprint. The
Options Answer
(Developers / Scrum
(at the start / throughout)
(is / is not)
(Sprint Review / Daily
(is / is not)
(Sprint Planning / Release
(is / is not)
 Increment - Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Sr Question Options
1 toward the __________ Goal)
2 Increments (is / is not)
3 _____Increments may be created within a Sprint (Single / Multiple)
4 prior to the end of the Sprint (may be / cannot be)
5 unless it meets the _________ Definition of Ready)
6 Definition of Done, _______ is born Increment)
7 ______ (useful / usable)
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