CPP Agile & Hybrid Project Methods 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Scrum, who is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and managing the Product Backlog?
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner (Correct answer)
- Development Team
- Stakeholder
Correct answer: Product Owner
The Product Owner owns the Product Backlog and is accountable for maximizing product value.
Question 2: Which Agile scaling framework uses a 'Program Increment' (PI) planning event to align multiple Agile teams?
- LeSS
- Nexus
- SAFe (Correct answer)
- Disciplined Agile
Correct answer: SAFe
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) uses PI Planning as a cadence-based event to synchronize Agile Release Trains.
Question 3: In Kanban, what is the primary purpose of setting Work In Progress (WIP) limits?
- To restrict team size
- To reduce multitasking and expose bottlenecks (Correct answer)
- To limit daily standup topics
- To cap the number of team members per task
Correct answer: To reduce multitasking and expose bottlenecks
WIP limits reduce context-switching, improve flow, and surface workflow bottlenecks for the team to address.
Question 4: A hybrid project plan uses waterfall phases for hardware procurement and Agile sprints for software development. What is the primary reason for this combination?
- To satisfy auditors who prefer waterfall
- To reduce the number of team members needed
- To match the planning horizon to each component's nature and uncertainty (Correct answer)
- To avoid using a project charter
Correct answer: To match the planning horizon to each component's nature and uncertainty
Hybrid approaches apply predictive methods to stable, well-defined work and adaptive methods to uncertain, evolving work.
Question 5: What does the term 'velocity' measure in Agile project management?
- The speed of individual developers
- The average story points completed per sprint (Correct answer)
- The number of defects fixed per iteration
- The time taken to deploy a release
Correct answer: The average story points completed per sprint
Velocity is the average amount of work (in story points) a team completes per sprint, used for forecasting future sprints.
Question 6: During a Sprint Retrospective, the team identifies that unclear acceptance criteria caused rework in the last sprint. What is the BEST immediate action?
- Replace the Product Owner
- Add a definition-of-done review to Sprint Planning (Correct answer)
- Increase the sprint length
- Eliminate user stories from the backlog
Correct answer: Add a definition-of-done review to Sprint Planning
Adding acceptance criteria review to Sprint Planning directly addresses the root cause by clarifying requirements before work begins.
Question 7: In the Cynefin framework, which domain requires a 'probe-sense-respond' approach rather than 'sense-analyze-respond'?
- Clear
- Complicated
- Complex (Correct answer)
- Chaotic
Correct answer: Complex
In the Complex domain, cause-and-effect relationships are only understood in retrospect, requiring experimentation (probe) before sensing and responding.
CPP Agile & Hybrid Project Methods 2
In Scrum, who is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and managing the Product Backlog?