Agile and Scrum Ceremonies Flashcards
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What is the key difference between Backlog Refinement and Sprint Planning in Scrum?
Answer: Refinement prepares and clarifies backlog items; Planning selects items and creates the Sprint plan
Refinement grooms and details backlog items over time, while Sprint Planning formally selects items, establishes the Sprint Goal, and creates the Sprint Backlog.
A Scrum Team is struggling with unproductive Daily Scrums where team members give status reports to the Scrum Master instead of coordinating with each other. What should the Scrum Master do?
Answer: Reinforce that the Daily Scrum is for the Developers to plan their day and coordinate, not to report status
The Daily Scrum is a planning and coordination event for Developers, not a status report to the Scrum Master; the Scrum Master should coach the team toward peer-to-peer collaboration.
In Agile, a 'Definition of Ready' is sometimes used before Sprint Planning. What does it define?
Answer: Criteria that Product Backlog items must meet before they can enter a Sprint
A Definition of Ready specifies the minimum criteria (e.g., acceptance criteria written, sized, dependencies identified) that a Product Backlog item must meet to be eligible for Sprint Planning.
Which of the following best describes the Scrum Master's role during the Sprint Review?
Answer: The Scrum Master ensures the event occurs and is productive but does not present the work
The Scrum Master ensures the Sprint Review happens and is effective, but the team presents their work and the Product Owner facilitates the conversation about the Increment.
A distributed Scrum Team in different time zones struggles to hold a synchronized Daily Scrum. What is the most Agile-aligned solution?
Answer: Find a time overlap window for a synchronous daily meeting, even if brief
Even a brief synchronous overlap window preserves the collaborative intent of the Daily Scrum; asynchronous updates can supplement but shouldn't fully replace real-time coordination.
What artifact is directly updated as a result of the Sprint Retrospective?
Answer: Sprint Backlog (with improvement actions added)
The most impactful improvement identified in the Retrospective should be added as an actionable item to the next Sprint Backlog to ensure it gets done.
In an Agile project, a stakeholder asks why the team holds a Sprint Review instead of sending a written status report. What is the best response?
Answer: The Sprint Review enables direct inspection of working software and immediate feedback that drives better outcomes
Sprint Reviews enable stakeholders to inspect working software directly and provide real-time feedback, which is far more valuable than a written report for driving product direction.