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  1. A team's cumulative flow diagram shows bands expanding and then compressing dramatically. What does this most likely indicate?

    Answer: Batch processing followed by a bottleneck release

    Expanding bands followed by compression in a CFD typically indicates batch processing where work accumulates then gets released at once.

  2. Which Agile metric is most useful for predicting when a fixed-scope release will be completed?

    Answer: Velocity combined with remaining story points

    Dividing remaining story points by average velocity gives a predicted number of sprints needed to complete a fixed-scope release.

  3. What does a 'red-amber-green' (RAG) status report communicate in Agile portfolio management?

    Answer: High-level health status of initiatives for quick stakeholder review

    RAG status provides a quick visual health indicator for portfolio initiatives, enabling stakeholders to identify issues at a glance.

  4. A product team tracks 'customer-reported defects per release.' This metric primarily measures which quality dimension?

    Answer: Escaped defect quality

    Customer-reported defects per release measures escaped defect quality — how many defects slip through internal checks and reach end users.

  5. In SAFe, what does the 'Program Predictability Measure' track?

    Answer: The percentage of PI Objectives achieved versus planned

    SAFe's Program Predictability Measure shows what percentage of planned PI Objectives were actually achieved, reflecting ART reliability.

  6. A team notices their lead time has doubled over three sprints despite stable velocity. What is the most likely root cause?

    Answer: Work items are spending more time waiting before being started

    Stable velocity with increasing lead time usually means work items are spending more time in queue states before active work begins.

  7. Which metric helps an Agile team determine if their estimation process is improving over time?

    Answer: Estimation accuracy trend (planned vs. actual story points)

    Tracking planned versus actual story points over time reveals whether the team's estimation accuracy is improving across sprints.