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Agile Metrics & Reporting Flashcards

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  1. A Kanban team wants to set a service level expectation (SLE). Which metric provides the data foundation for establishing this?

    Answer: Cycle time percentile distribution

    Cycle time percentile distributions (e.g., 85th percentile) provide the statistical basis for setting realistic service level expectations.

  2. What is the primary risk of focusing exclusively on velocity as the team's key performance metric?

    Answer: It can incentivize inflating story points rather than improving delivery

    Exclusive focus on velocity creates incentives for story point inflation rather than genuine productivity improvement.

  3. In the context of Agile metrics, what does 'DORA' stand for and what does it measure?

    Answer: DevOps Research and Assessment — measures software delivery performance

    DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics measure software delivery performance across deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and recovery time.

  4. A product manager wants to understand if the team is taking on technical debt at an unsustainable rate. Which metric is most relevant?

    Answer: Technical debt ratio (debt stories vs. feature stories per sprint)

    Tracking the ratio of technical debt work to feature work per sprint reveals whether debt is accumulating faster than it's being addressed.

  5. Which of the following best describes an 'information radiator' in Agile?

    Answer: A highly visible display showing real-time team metrics accessible to all

    An information radiator is a large, highly visible display placed where team members and stakeholders can see current metrics without needing to request a report.

  6. A scrum team's burndown chart shows a perfectly straight diagonal line every sprint. What should a product manager suspect?

    Answer: The burndown may be manually adjusted rather than reflecting actual progress

    A perfectly straight burndown is statistically improbable; it often indicates the chart is being updated to show expected progress rather than actual daily work.

  7. When calculating ROI for an Agile initiative, which two elements are essential inputs?

    Answer: Value delivered and cost of delivery

    ROI requires comparing the business value generated (value delivered) against the resources consumed (cost of delivery) to determine return.