Process Flashcards

In Agile BA, what is the primary purpose of a Sprint Retrospective from a process improvement perspective?

Answer: To inspect the team's way of working and identify improvements

The Sprint Retrospective is a dedicated ceremony for the team to inspect its own processes and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next sprint.

A business analyst notices that stakeholders keep changing acceptance criteria after sprint planning. Which process adjustment best addresses this?

Answer: Introduce a Definition of Ready requiring stable acceptance criteria before backlog items enter a sprint

A Definition of Ready establishes entry criteria that user stories must meet before they can be pulled into a sprint, including stable acceptance criteria.

In the Agile BA process, 'Elaboration' of user stories typically occurs at which point relative to the sprint?

Answer: Just-in-time, shortly before or during sprint planning

Agile favors just-in-time elaboration, where stories are refined and detailed shortly before they are needed to avoid wasted effort on items that may change.

What Agile process technique involves the team estimating effort by simultaneously revealing cards to avoid anchoring bias?

Answer: Planning Poker (Scrum Poker)

Planning Poker has team members simultaneously reveal their estimate cards to prevent early estimates from anchoring or influencing others' judgments.

Which process best describes how a BA should handle a large, vague stakeholder request in an Agile context?

Answer: Decompose it into an Epic and progressively break it into smaller Features and User Stories

Agile BA practice involves decomposing large vague requests into Epics, then Features, then User Stories, progressively adding detail as the work approaches a sprint.

In Agile process flow, what is 'WIP (Work In Progress) limit' primarily designed to achieve?

Answer: Reduce multitasking and improve flow by capping active items at each workflow stage

WIP limits constrain the number of items in any single workflow stage, reducing context-switching and exposing bottlenecks to improve overall throughput.

A BA is facilitating a process where the team reviews a completed user story against its acceptance criteria before marking it done. This is best described as:

Answer: Definition of Done validation

The Definition of Done is a shared checklist—including acceptance criteria—that must be met before a user story or increment is considered complete.