Certified Agile Service Manager 1 Flashcards
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In Agile Service Management, what is the primary purpose of limiting Work in Progress (WIP)?
Answer: To improve flow efficiency and reduce cycle time
Limiting WIP prevents teams from overloading the system with simultaneous tasks. By finishing work before starting new items, teams reduce context switching and bottlenecks, which improves flow and lowers cycle time.
In Agile Service Management, who is primarily responsible for prioritizing the service backlog?
Answer: The Product Owner
The Product Owner represents the voice of the customer and is accountable for ordering backlog items by business value. This ensures the team always works on the highest-priority improvements first.
What does the 'Definition of Done' (DoD) primarily help ensure in an Agile Service Management context?
Answer: That every service increment meets agreed quality criteria before release
The Definition of Done establishes a shared, explicit quality checklist that must be satisfied before any service increment is considered complete, preventing inconsistent standards across the team.
In Agile Service Management, a value stream map is primarily used to:
Answer: Identify waste and bottlenecks in the end-to-end flow of value to the customer
Value stream mapping visualizes the entire flow of work from request to resolution, making non-value-adding activities (waste) and bottlenecks visible so teams can systematically eliminate them.
What is the primary purpose of a Daily Standup in an Agile Service Management team?
Answer: To synchronize team activities and surface impediments to progress
The Daily Standup is a brief synchronization event — not a status report to management — where the team coordinates work, shares blockers, and aligns on the day's priorities to maintain flow.
Which practice in Agile Service Management best supports the principle of 'inspect and adapt'?
Answer: Holding a sprint retrospective to reflect on process improvements
The sprint retrospective is the formal Agile ceremony for inspecting how the team worked and adapting their process. It directly operationalizes the 'inspect and adapt' principle by producing actionable improvement commitments.