Agile Metrics & Reporting Flashcards
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A team's cumulative flow diagram shows bands widening in the 'In Progress' stage over three sprints. What does this most likely indicate?
Answer: Work-in-progress limits are being violated or work is piling up
Widening bands in the 'In Progress' column of a CFD indicate accumulation of WIP, often signaling bottlenecks or violated WIP limits.
Which metric best helps a Scrum team evaluate whether their sprint planning accuracy is improving over time?
Answer: Percentage of sprint goal commitment completed
Tracking what percentage of committed sprint goals are actually completed shows whether sprint planning estimates are becoming more accurate.
In the context of agile metrics, what does 'lead time' measure?
Answer: Time from when a work item is requested to when it is delivered
Lead time measures the total elapsed time from when a customer request is created until it is delivered, including wait time.
A product owner wants to show executives how efficiently the team turns investment into customer value. Which metric is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Return on Investment (ROI) per release
ROI per release directly links the cost of development to the business value delivered, making it meaningful to executives.
What is a risk of relying solely on velocity as the primary agile performance metric?
Answer: Teams may inflate story point estimates to appear more productive
When velocity is treated as a performance target, teams may artificially inflate story point estimates, undermining the metric's usefulness.
Which of the following BEST describes a 'throughput' metric in agile?
Answer: The number of work items completed per unit of time
Throughput measures how many work items a team completes within a given time period, regardless of their size or complexity.
An agile team's release burnup chart shows the scope line rising steeply while the completed work line rises slowly. What action is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Negotiate scope reduction or adjust the release date with stakeholders
When scope grows faster than completion, the team and product owner must negotiate scope trade-offs or adjust the timeline to remain realistic.