CAD Agile Metrics and Reporting 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of tracking 'escaped defects' as an agile metric?

Accepted Answer

To measure the quality of the team's testing practices

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To penalize developers for poor coding

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To calculate the team's velocity adjustment factor

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To determine sprint length for the next release

Question 2

In agile, 'work in progress (WIP) limits' are used to:

Accepted Answer

Reduce multitasking and improve flow by constraining concurrent work

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Cap the number of story points allowed per developer

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Set the maximum number of sprints per release

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Define how many retrospective action items the team can track

Question 3

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a sprint review metric like 'accepted story points'?

Accepted Answer

To track the volume of work that meets the Definition of Done and is accepted by stakeholders

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To rank team members by productivity

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To measure how many stories were estimated vs. actually completed

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To record the number of stories deferred to the next sprint

Question 4

A team consistently completes fewer story points than planned each sprint. The retrospective finds no blockers. What should the team examine FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Whether their estimation technique is accurately sizing stories

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Whether the sprint duration is too long

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Whether the Scrum Master is attending daily standups

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Whether the release roadmap needs to be publicly shared

Question 5

What does a widening band on a Cumulative Flow Diagram typically indicate?

Accepted Answer

Work is accumulating in a workflow stage, signaling a bottleneck

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The team is accelerating delivery

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The team added more features to the sprint

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Sprint velocity has increased

Question 6

The 'Definition of Done' (DoD) affects agile metrics because:

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It sets a consistent quality threshold that defines when work can be counted as complete

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It determines which team members are eligible for bonuses

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It specifies the maximum number of tasks per sprint

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It replaces the need for acceptance criteria on user stories

Question 7

Which agile reporting artifact is MOST useful for communicating progress to external stakeholders who need a high-level release forecast?

Accepted Answer

Release burndown or burnup chart

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Daily standup notes

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Individual task board cards

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Detailed sprint backlog spreadsheet