AAC Agile Frameworks & Methodologies 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When a business analyst is working in a Scrum team, which artifact is the primary tool for managing and prioritizing work?
- The Release Plan
- The Product Backlog (Correct answer)
- The Sprint Burndown Chart
- The Work Breakdown Structure
Correct answer: The Product Backlog
The Product Backlog is the single, ordered list of everything that might be needed in the product and is the primary source of work for the Scrum Team.
Question 2: In Lean thinking, 'Muda' refers to which concept?
- Unevenness in workload distribution
- Overburden on workers or equipment
- Any activity that consumes resources without creating value (waste) (Correct answer)
- Continuous improvement through small incremental changes
Correct answer: Any activity that consumes resources without creating value (waste)
Muda is the Japanese term for waste — any activity or resource that does not add value from the customer's perspective.
Question 3: An analyst on a SAFe team notices that a Feature spans multiple Program Increments. What should they do?
- Split the Feature into smaller Features that fit within one PI (Correct answer)
- Escalate the Feature to the Portfolio level as an Epic
- Increase the team's velocity to complete it in one PI
- Mark the Feature as a stretch objective
Correct answer: Split the Feature into smaller Features that fit within one PI
Features in SAFe should be sized to fit within a single PI; if they are too large, they must be split into smaller, deliverable Features.
Question 4: Which XP practice involves two programmers working together at a single workstation, with one writing code and the other reviewing each line in real time?
- Collective Code Ownership
- Continuous Integration
- Pair Programming (Correct answer)
- Simple Design
Correct answer: Pair Programming
Pair Programming has a 'driver' who writes code and a 'navigator' who reviews each line, improving code quality and spreading knowledge.
Question 5: In DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method), what is the primary constraint that is fixed?
- Scope
- Quality
- Cost and Time (Correct answer)
- Team Size
Correct answer: Cost and Time
DSDM fixes time and cost while allowing scope to flex, delivering the most valuable functionality within those constraints using MoSCoW prioritization.
Question 6: A team practicing Scrumban would most likely use which combination of tools?
- User stories from Scrum and daily standups from Kanban
- Sprint timeboxes from Scrum and WIP limits from Kanban (Correct answer)
- Retrospectives from Scrum and cumulative flow diagrams from Crystal
- Story points from Scrum and swim lanes from SAFe
Correct answer: Sprint timeboxes from Scrum and WIP limits from Kanban
Scrumban combines Scrum's Sprint structure with Kanban's Work in Progress (WIP) limits to manage flow within iterations.
Question 7: In the context of Agile analysis, what does 'just-in-time elaboration' mean?
- Documenting all requirements at the start of the project
- Refining and detailing requirements only when they are about to be implemented (Correct answer)
- Creating detailed specifications at the end of each Sprint
- Writing user stories as soon as they are added to the backlog
Correct answer: Refining and detailing requirements only when they are about to be implemented
Just-in-time elaboration means requirements are fleshed out in detail as close as possible to when the team will implement them, reducing rework from changing conditions.
AAC Agile Frameworks & Methodologies 3
When a business analyst is working in a Scrum team, which artifact is the primary tool for managing and prioritizing work?