DAC Scaling Agile Frameworks 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the Disciplined Agile (DA) framework, what is the primary role of a 'Team of Teams' structure when scaling agile?
- To eliminate the need for individual team retrospectives
- To coordinate multiple agile teams working toward a shared goal while preserving team autonomy (Correct answer)
- To replace the Scrum of Scrums ceremony with executive status meetings
- To assign a single product owner across all teams in the organization
Correct answer: To coordinate multiple agile teams working toward a shared goal while preserving team autonomy
A Team of Teams structure in DA coordinates multiple agile teams toward shared goals while preserving each team's autonomy and ways of working.
Question 2: Which scaling framework uses the concept of 'Value Streams' as the primary organizing unit for large-scale agile delivery?
- Scrum@Scale
- Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) (Correct answer)
- Nexus
Correct answer: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
SAFe organizes work around Value Streams, which represent the steps needed to deliver value from concept to cash.
Question 3: When applying DA in a scaled environment, what does the 'Coordinate Activities' process blade primarily address?
- Automating continuous integration across all teams
- Managing dependencies and synchronizing work between multiple agile teams (Correct answer)
- Defining the release cadence for the entire enterprise
- Selecting the appropriate lifecycle for each team
Correct answer: Managing dependencies and synchronizing work between multiple agile teams
The Coordinate Activities process blade in DA addresses how teams manage dependencies and synchronize their work when multiple teams are collaborating.
Question 4: In LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), how many Product Owners are there for multiple teams working on the same product?
- One Product Owner per team
- One Product Owner for the entire product regardless of team count (Correct answer)
- One Chief Product Owner plus one proxy per team
- Two Product Owners who alternate sprint-by-sprint
Correct answer: One Product Owner for the entire product regardless of team count
LeSS maintains one Product Owner for the entire product to preserve a single backlog and unified product vision across all teams.
Question 5: A DAC practitioner is helping an organization choose a scaling strategy. The organization has 8 teams, complex dependencies, and a strict regulatory environment. Which DA guidance is most appropriate?
- Adopt SAFe immediately as it is the only framework that handles regulatory compliance
- Use a hybrid approach, selecting practices from multiple frameworks to fit the context (Correct answer)
- Reduce to 3 teams to eliminate the need for a scaling strategy
- Apply LeSS because it works best for organizations with more than 5 teams
Correct answer: Use a hybrid approach, selecting practices from multiple frameworks to fit the context
DA's 'be pragmatic' principle encourages selecting and tailoring practices from multiple frameworks to fit the specific organizational context.
Question 6: What is the Nexus Integration Team's primary responsibility in the Nexus scaled Scrum framework?
- Prioritizing the Nexus Sprint Backlog on behalf of all teams
- Coaching Scrum Masters and removing impediments from all teams
- Ensuring that the integrated work of multiple Scrum teams produces a done increment each Sprint (Correct answer)
- Managing stakeholder communication and executive reporting
Correct answer: Ensuring that the integrated work of multiple Scrum teams produces a done increment each Sprint
The Nexus Integration Team is accountable for ensuring that the combined work of all Scrum teams is integrated into a single done increment each Sprint.
Question 7: In Scrum@Scale, what is the 'Scrum of Scrums' primarily responsible for?
- Replacing the individual Daily Scrum for all team members
- Coordinating a network of teams to deliver a potentially shippable product increment (Correct answer)
- Conducting sprint reviews on behalf of all teams in the organization
- Setting strategic goals and long-term roadmaps for the organization
Correct answer: Coordinating a network of teams to deliver a potentially shippable product increment
The Scrum of Scrums in Scrum@Scale coordinates a network of teams to continuously produce an integrated, potentially shippable product increment.
DAC Scaling Agile Frameworks 2
In the Disciplined Agile (DA) framework, what is the primary role of a 'Team of Teams' structure when scaling agile?