CAE CAE Risk Management & Impediment Resolution

Question 1

How does Agile manage risk differently from traditional project management?

Accepted Answer

Agile manages risk through continuous delivery of small increments that reveal risks early

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Agile ignores risk until it becomes an issue

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Agile documents all risks in a register at project start and reviews quarterly

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Agile assigns a dedicated risk manager to each team

Question 2

What is an 'impediment' in Agile terminology?

Accepted Answer

Any obstacle that slows or blocks the team's progress toward their sprint goal

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A low-priority backlog item

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A team member who is underperforming

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A dependency on another sprint

Question 3

Who is primarily responsible for removing impediments that are outside the team's control in Scrum?

Accepted Answer

The Scrum Master

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The Product Owner

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The Development Team collectively

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The Stakeholder

Question 4

What is 'risk-adjusted backlog prioritization' in Agile?

Accepted Answer

Factoring in both the value and the risk of backlog items to determine priority

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Prioritizing backlog items based solely on business value

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Removing high-risk items from the backlog

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Letting the development team prioritize based on technical complexity

Question 5

What Agile practice best helps identify technical risks early in a project?

Accepted Answer

Building a spike or proof-of-concept to explore uncertain technical areas

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Writing detailed requirements documents upfront

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Delaying technical decisions until the last responsible moment only after planning

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Creating a comprehensive risk register at project inception

Question 6

How should a team handle a recurring impediment that reappears every sprint?

Accepted Answer

Escalate it to the Scrum Master and discuss root causes in the retrospective to find a systemic fix

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Accept it as a permanent constraint and work around it

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Increase sprint velocity targets to compensate

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Remove the blocker from the team's awareness