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  1. Which Agile planning level focuses on themes, features, and milestones over a 3-12 month horizon?

    Answer: Release planning

    Release planning operates at a medium-term horizon (typically 3-12 months), mapping features and milestones to planned release dates.

  2. A team uses 'yesterday's weather' to set Sprint commitment. What does this mean?

    Answer: They commit to the same amount of work they completed in the previous Sprint

    Yesterday's weather is an Agile forecasting heuristic where a team commits to the same story point total they achieved in the last Sprint, using historical performance as the best predictor.

  3. What is the role of 'slack' in Agile planning?

    Answer: Intentionally unscheduled capacity that allows teams to absorb unplanned work and improve

    Slack is deliberately leaving some team capacity unscheduled to handle emergent work, learning, technical debt reduction, and innovation without derailing Sprint goals.

  4. During Sprint Review, a stakeholder requests a major change to an already-completed feature. What is the correct Agile response?

    Answer: Log it as a new backlog item and let the Product Owner prioritize it

    The Sprint Review is an inspect-and-adapt event; new requests are captured as backlog items and prioritized by the Product Owner for future Sprints.

  5. What distinguishes a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) from a Minimum Marketable Feature (MMF)?

    Answer: An MVP validates a hypothesis with minimum investment; an MMF is the smallest feature set customers will pay for

    An MVP is a learning vehicle designed to test assumptions cheaply, while an MMF represents the smallest shippable feature that delivers standalone customer value.

  6. A product owner notices that half the Sprint backlog items were not completed but the Sprint goal was achieved. What should happen at the Sprint Review?

    Answer: Present the working increment that achieves the Sprint goal and defer unfinished items to the backlog

    The Sprint goal is the commitment, not every individual backlog item; a Sprint succeeds when the goal is met, and unfinished items return to the backlog.

  7. Which statement BEST describes 'adaptive planning' in Agile?

    Answer: Continuously refining plans based on feedback, new information, and changing conditions

    Adaptive planning embraces change by continuously updating plans with real feedback and new information rather than rigidly following an initial plan.