Product Management Certification Program Agile & Scrum for Product Managers 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 'velocity' in Agile development?
- The speed at which code is compiled
- The amount of work a team completes per sprint, used to forecast future delivery (Correct answer)
- The number of bugs fixed per day
- The frequency of team meetings
Correct answer: The amount of work a team completes per sprint, used to forecast future delivery
Velocity is the measure of how much work (typically in story points) a team completes in a sprint, used to predict how much can be done in future sprints.
Question 2: In user story format, what does the phrase 'so that' capture?
- The technical implementation detail
- The business or user value — why the feature matters (Correct answer)
- The acceptance criteria
- The story point estimate
Correct answer: The business or user value — why the feature matters
The 'so that' clause in a user story captures the user's goal or the business value the feature delivers, ensuring the team understands the 'why' behind the work.
Question 3: What is 'definition of done' (DoD) in Scrum?
- The list of features planned for a release
- A shared checklist of criteria a product increment must meet to be considered complete (Correct answer)
- The sprint goal statement
- The minimum viable product requirements
Correct answer: A shared checklist of criteria a product increment must meet to be considered complete
The Definition of Done is a shared agreement on the quality standards and completion criteria that must be met before any increment can be considered releasable.
Question 4: Which ceremony is specifically designed for the team to reflect on their process and improve?
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Sprint Retrospective
The Sprint Retrospective is a dedicated ceremony for the Scrum team to inspect how they worked together and identify actionable improvements for the next sprint.
Question 5: In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), what is a 'Program Increment (PI)'?
- A single user story
- A time-boxed planning and delivery period, typically 8–12 weeks, for multiple Agile teams (Correct answer)
- A single sprint
- A release to production
Correct answer: A time-boxed planning and delivery period, typically 8–12 weeks, for multiple Agile teams
A Program Increment in SAFe is a fixed time-box, usually 8–12 weeks, during which an Agile Release Train plans, builds, and delivers value across multiple teams.
Question 6: What does 'continuous delivery' mean in an Agile context?
- Deploying code exactly once per quarter
- Keeping software in a releasable state so it can be deployed at any time (Correct answer)
- Running continuous integration tests only on weekends
- Delivering all features in one big release
Correct answer: Keeping software in a releasable state so it can be deployed at any time
Continuous delivery means maintaining code in a production-ready state through automated testing and pipelines, enabling deployment at any time with minimal manual effort.
Product Management Certification Program Agile & Scrum for Product Managers 2
What is 'velocity' in Agile development?