APM Agile Metrics & Reporting 3

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Batch processing followed by a bottleneck release

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Velocity combined with remaining story points

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

High-level health status of initiatives for quick stakeholder review

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Escaped defect quality

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The percentage of PI Objectives achieved versus planned

Answer

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

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