CAPM Agile & Hybrid Methodologies 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Lean principle focuses on eliminating activities that do not add value from the customer's perspective?
- Amplify learning
- Empower the team
- Eliminate waste (Correct answer)
- Build integrity in
Correct answer: Eliminate waste
Eliminating waste (Muda) is a core Lean principle targeting non-value-adding activities such as overproduction, waiting, and unnecessary processing.
Question 2: In a hybrid project, a project manager uses Agile for software development but predictive planning for hardware procurement. What is the PRIMARY reason for this split?
- Agile cannot be used for any procurement activity
- Hardware procurement has fixed requirements and long lead times unsuitable for iteration (Correct answer)
- The project sponsor mandated the split approach
- Predictive planning is always superior to Agile
Correct answer: Hardware procurement has fixed requirements and long lead times unsuitable for iteration
Hardware procurement typically involves stable specifications and long lead times, making it better suited to predictive planning than iterative Agile.
Question 3: What is the recommended minimum length of time for a Scrum Sprint according to the Scrum Guide?
- One day
- One week (Correct answer)
- Two weeks
- One month
Correct answer: One week
The Scrum Guide recommends Sprints be one week to one month in length, with one week being the practical minimum.
Question 4: A project team practices continuous integration (CI). What is the PRIMARY benefit of this Agile engineering practice?
- It eliminates the need for testing
- It detects integration errors quickly by merging code frequently (Correct answer)
- It replaces the need for a Product Owner
- It automatically deploys software to production
Correct answer: It detects integration errors quickly by merging code frequently
CI integrates code changes frequently into a shared repository, triggering automated builds and tests to detect errors early.
Question 5: Which role in the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework is equivalent to the Scrum Master but with a broader coaching scope across the organization?
- Team Lead
- Enterprise Coach
- Agile Coach (Correct answer)
- Release Train Engineer
Correct answer: Agile Coach
In DAD, the Agile Coach role encompasses team-level facilitation and broader organizational coaching, extending beyond the Scrum Master's team-focused scope.
Question 6: An Agile team notices that user stories are consistently not completed within a Sprint. Which action should be taken FIRST?
- Hire more developers
- Reduce story point estimates for all stories
- Review the sizing of stories and team capacity during Sprint Planning (Correct answer)
- Extend each Sprint by one additional week
Correct answer: Review the sizing of stories and team capacity during Sprint Planning
Reviewing story sizing and team capacity during Sprint Planning helps right-size commitments to match the team's actual velocity.
Question 7: In PMI's Agile Practice Guide, what term describes the Agile approach of delivering small, working pieces of value frequently?
- Big bang delivery
- Iterative and incremental delivery (Correct answer)
- Phase-gate delivery
- Milestone-based delivery
Correct answer: Iterative and incremental delivery
Iterative and incremental delivery is the Agile approach of repeatedly refining work while delivering valuable, working software in small batches.
CAPM Agile & Hybrid Methodologies 4
Which Lean principle focuses on eliminating activities that do not add value from the customer's perspective?