CAD Agile Metrics and Reporting 3

Question 1

A burnup chart differs from a burndown chart primarily because it:

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Displays both total scope and work completed, making scope changes visible

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Shows team member availability over time

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Measures defects discovered rather than stories completed

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Resets to zero at the start of every sprint

Question 2

What is the risk of using velocity as the SOLE measure of team performance?

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Teams may game the metric by inflating story point estimates to appear more productive

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It encourages too much focus on defect reduction

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It forces teams to adopt story point estimation over hours

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It makes sprint planning impossible for distributed teams

Question 3

In agile metrics, 'throughput' refers to:

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The number of work items (stories, tasks) completed per unit of time

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The total number of sprints completed in a quarter

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The ratio of planned to actual story points per sprint

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The percentage of the product backlog groomed each week

Question 4

Which practice helps ensure that agile metrics are used for continuous improvement rather than blame?

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Focusing metrics on the system and process, not individual team members

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Publishing individual developer metrics on a public dashboard

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Setting velocity targets that team members must meet or face review

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Reporting only positive metrics to stakeholders

Question 5

A team notices that their cycle time has increased over the past three sprints. Which investigation approach is MOST aligned with agile principles?

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Hold a retrospective to identify process inefficiencies or bottlenecks causing the increase

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Reduce the number of story points accepted each sprint automatically

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Blame the most recently added team member for the slowdown

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Stop measuring cycle time to avoid team stress

Question 6

When a Product Owner changes scope mid-sprint, which metric is MOST immediately impacted?

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The sprint burndown chart, which will show an unexpected spike in remaining work

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Team velocity from previous sprints

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The release lead time average

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The cumulative defect escape rate

Question 7

Which statement BEST describes how agile metrics should be used in a healthy team environment?

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Teams should self-select meaningful metrics, inspect them regularly, and adapt their process accordingly

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Metrics should be mandated by management and reviewed in performance appraisals

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Only the Scrum Master should have access to team metrics

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Metrics should remain constant across all sprints to allow year-over-year comparisons