Agile Metrics and Reporting Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of tracking 'escaped defects' as an agile metric?
Answer: To measure the quality of the team's testing practices
Escaped defects (bugs found in production after release) indicate the effectiveness of the team's testing and quality assurance processes.
In agile, 'work in progress (WIP) limits' are used to:
Answer: Reduce multitasking and improve flow by constraining concurrent work
WIP limits constrain the number of items in any workflow stage simultaneously, reducing context switching and exposing bottlenecks to improve overall flow.
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a sprint review metric like 'accepted story points'?
Answer: To track the volume of work that meets the Definition of Done and is accepted by stakeholders
Accepted story points represent work that the Product Owner has confirmed meets acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done, reflecting real delivered value.
A team consistently completes fewer story points than planned each sprint. The retrospective finds no blockers. What should the team examine FIRST?
Answer: Whether their estimation technique is accurately sizing stories
Persistent under-delivery without external blockers usually points to inaccurate estimation; recalibrating story point sizing aligns plans with actual team capacity.
What does a widening band on a Cumulative Flow Diagram typically indicate?
Answer: Work is accumulating in a workflow stage, signaling a bottleneck
A widening band in the CFD shows that items are entering a stage faster than they are leaving it, which signals a bottleneck that is increasing WIP.
The 'Definition of Done' (DoD) affects agile metrics because:
Answer: It sets a consistent quality threshold that defines when work can be counted as complete
The DoD provides a shared, objective standard so that velocity and acceptance metrics reflect truly finished, shippable work rather than partial efforts.
Which agile reporting artifact is MOST useful for communicating progress to external stakeholders who need a high-level release forecast?
Answer: Release burndown or burnup chart
A release burndown or burnup chart provides a clear visual trend of progress toward the release goal, making it easy for stakeholders to assess forecast accuracy.