PMI-ACP_401_440

A scrum master is part of a team that has just agreed on the project scope and deliverables for a global, multilingual manufacturing company that has many staff members moving between locations. The team consists of 20 people and the budget is US$5 million. The kickoff meeting is scheduled for the following month. What should the scrum master do as a first step?. Organize a sprint planning meeting and include stakeholders. Invite the product owner to create a stakeholder map. Identify the key stakeholders at the earliest opportunity. Invite the key stakeholders to the kickoff meeting. Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

During a team meeting, conflicting opinions arise regarding the best approach to complete a project task. The project manager wants to ensure that the team can effectively handle these conflicts and come to a resolution that benefits the project. What is an effective way to handle conflicting opinions in team meetings in an agile environment?. End the discussion until there is consensus. Wait for the problem to resolve itself. Choose the option that is best for the team. Restate the positions to find what is in common. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project team has been working on a new application. The application is technically challenging, because the team is using new technology unknown to the development team and business requirements are unclear. The product owner has been working closely with the stakeholders to ensure alignment with requirements and other issues. The agile lead is working with the team and product owner on the product backlog. What is the role of the team?. Estimate and define the work items. Assess user story quality and independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable (INVEST) criteria. Add features to the product backlog. Determine if the demand is or is not feasible. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile practitioner is working on a project to migrate data from computer systems to another location. To accomplish this task, they need to run four activities sequentially that different teams are performing. The teams are migrating two systems per day, but the agile practitioner thinks that three systems should be done per day. What can be done to improve process efficiency?. Use burndown charts to find gaps, delays, and constraints in the current process and develop a plan to reduce or remove them. Use value stream mapping to find gaps, delays, and constraints in the current process and develop a plan to reduce or remove them. Use Pareto analysis to find gaps, delays, and constraints in the current process and develop a plan to reduce or remove them. Use root cause analysis to find gaps, delays, and constraints in the current process and develop a plan to reduce or remove them. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An executive sponsor asks a team when a specific feature will be ready for release. A team member states the feature will be ready by the end of release 3 because it is not a core feature. The team member directs the sponsor to an information radiator, where the sponsor sees several notes grouped by release numbers and posted on the wall. What is the sponsor looking at?. Project management plan. Product backlog. Gantt chart. Product roadmap Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A team lead reviews processes and identifies bottlenecks that prevent the teams from quickly delivering minimum viable products (MVPs). Which responsibility falls within the context of servant leadership?. Facilitate the team's agile retrospective meeting. Guard the team against external distractions. Escalate points of conflict the team cannot resolve. Identify the sequence for developing stories within an iteration Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project manager is working on a user story about migrating to a new version of a database but is unsure of the dependencies. What can the product owner request from the team to understand the risks?. Refinement meeting. Daily standup meetings. Retrospective. Spike Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project team is working with an enterprise agile center of excellence (CoE) to transition to a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Many of the team members are not familiar with the new methodology and are worried that it will lead to more work and scrutiny. What should the agile team lead do to help ensure a smooth transition?. Set up lunch-and-learn sessions with the team to provide overviews about the new way of working. Encourage knowledge sharing and transparency among the working team. Request the enterprise coach to help the team through the process. Discuss with the team what will change and when and establish a process to address concerns. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile project manager is leading an international project involving a global team consisting of members from very different cultures, countries, and time zones. The agile project manager is aware that similar projects with distributed teams have led to serious conflicts. What should the agile project manager do to promote trust and collaboration?. Talk with the human resources (HR) department to select team members with similar backgrounds to eliminate conflict. Collocate for team building to promote collaboration to build trust and improve communication. Promote a project charter with the project vision and purpose to help align the team. Promote a team charter with a set of norms, rules, and agreements to facilitate the work. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project manager is working on a database migration project to cloud services (Refer to Migration Strategy to Cloud Services table). The project team has accumulated significant technical debt over several sprints due to pressure to deliver features quickly. This debt is now impacting their ability to deliver new features, leading to a notable decline in product performance and customer satisfaction. Identify the actions the team should take to effectively manage technical debt while consistently delivering high-value features that align with stakeholder expectations. Form a separate team dedicated to handling technical debt, allowing the current team to focus on new features to maintain a competitive advantage and stakeholder satisfaction. Include technical debt tasks in every sprint, treating them with the same level of priority as new features, and continuously review the impact on the project's overall goals. Ignore the technical debt foe now and focus exclusively on delivering new features so that the project can maintain a competitive advantage and stakeholder satisfaction. Dedicate multiple consecutive sprints solely to addressing technical debt, halting new feature development temporarily to minimize the impact on the project’s overall goals. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

The initial roadmap and release dates for an agile project were set based on data from similar projects and some expert opinions. Halfway through the project, however, the team’s estimates are different. Based on the team’s velocity, two more iterations were necessary to accomplish the initial scope. How should the agile lead explain the difference to the project sponsor?. Explain how many scope changes were requested by the product owner and how many hours the team dedicated to unplanned tasks. Explain that initial estimates help measure project feasibility but the real estimates depend on how much the team learns in each sprint. Explain some features and requirements made aspects of the project unique and are not comparable to previous experiences. Explain the list of materialized risks not considered at the beginning of the project ted to extra work hours and costs. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A Scrum team is visualizing the blockers that arise when they work on their activities on the kanban board. The team decided to analyze why the blockers occur so they can take action to minimize their occurrence and reduce lead times. Which practices should the team use?. The most important principle in Scrum is reducing work in process (WIP). The lower the number of items, the lower the risk of items getting blocked. Based on the team’s capacity, they should set the lowest WIP limits possible. The team should look at all the blockers, determine the reason behind them, group them, and determine if there is a pattern. They should then determine what and how they can make relevant changes. The team should discuss the issue with their scrum master because it is their responsibility to remove impediments, such as blockers, in cooperation with other teams. Blockers are a result of bottlenecks. The team should ask for more resources to prevent bottlenecks from arising and reduce the risk of long lead times. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A new project is under way and the team is using the Kanban method. One of the team members raised a specific issue related to a programming language that the team member faced in previous projects. What should the project leader do to handle the issue?. Include the issue in the risk log. Monitor the issue in a notation system. Ask the team member to take full ownership of the issue. Advise the team member to add the issue to the board. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile team is in their 2nd iteration planning session. During the session, they are debating on whether regression and integration testing should be part of every iteration or part of the hardening iteration. What should the agile lead recommend?. Integration testing with other upstream or downstream applications and all bug fixes should be done as part of the hardening iteration. Integration testing with other upstream or downstream applications should be done by the team as part of every iteration. Continuous integration and regression testing should be done by the team as part of every iteration. Regression testing should not be done by the team as part of every iteration but only as part of the hardening iteration. Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A newly formed team is struggling to work together and agree on how to complete tasks in the upcoming sprint. What should the scrum master do to support the team?. Resolve the disagreement for the team as a servant leader. Encourage the team to continue trying to resolve their disagreements. Advise the team on the correct course of action to avoid disagreements. Remove the team members that are in disagreement to ensure unity in the team. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile team often fails to deliver its sprint goal. At a sprint retrospective, the more experienced team members complain that the less experienced team members are working too slowly. This creates tension in the team. What should the scrum master do to remove this tension?. Ask human resources for a training budget so the less experienced team members can increase their skill level and work more efficiently. Have an individual meeting with the experienced team members and ask them to be more empathic when the less experienced members fail to deliver. Remind the team that they are jointly responsible for their deliverables and should consider the different competency levels when agreeing to sprint goals. Initiate a meeting with the team and ask them to decompose the product backlog items further so they become clearer and easier to deliver on time. Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile lead has been assigned to a project to develop an innovative digital device for a consumer products company. The company asked the agile lead to use a Scrum approach to product development. The product owner has worked on Scrum projects before and is excited about the value Scrum will bring to the company. What should the scrum master do first?. Build a product roadmap that shows the features and releases. Request an existing cross-functional team be dedicated to the project. Obtain specific product requirements from a customer focus group. Develop a project budget based on the project charter. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile coach has been hired to improve the performance and quality of developed software. The coach performed an analysis of the software and discovered an excessive number of escaped defects, leading to external failures. How can the agile coach effectively address and correct defects in the software development process while maintaining predictability and keeping workloads within capacity?. Work with the team to create explicit rules such as coding and quality standards and testing policies. Discipline the team members and institute status meetings with penalties for any future escaped defects. Hire more generalized specialists because the current team members cannot keep up with the pace. Apply work in process (WIP) limits so the developers are not pressured to release code that is problematic. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A manufacturing shop is using Kanban to plan, visualize workflow, and limit work in process (WIP). Which productivity key performance indicator (KPI) should the team lead be monitoring on a regular basis?. Lead time. Team velocity. Burndown rate. Earned value (EV) Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A servant leader is leading a high-visibility project to deliver a new product. The servant leader has been able to build a cross-functional team and create a team space where the team is collocated. The servant leader started receiving frequent visits from a company director, who continually asks a specific team member questions about project progress. The conversations are distracting the team from their goal. What should the servant leader do?. Coach the company director on agile approaches and good practices. Ask the product owner to speak to the director because their visits are delaying the project. Ask the director and team member to leave the room so they can have a private conversation. Coach the team member on how to report progress to directors and executives. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile development team is working on a digital transformation project and is facing challenges in obtaining consistent feedback from stakeholders who are dispersed around the world. The product owner is under pressure as this lack of engagement has led to prolonged decision- making cycles and has adversely affected the outcomes of sprints. How should the team improve stakeholder engagement to help ensure timely feedback and better decision-making? (Refer to Stakeholder Power/Interest Grid)?. Implement a dynamic feedback platform leveraging collaboration tools, accommodating diverse schedules and enabling stakeholders to provide feedback asynchronously. Establish a rotating stakeholder committee composed of representatives from different regions and departments, ensuring diverse perspectives are considered in decision-making processes. Enforce a strict policy requiring stakeholders to attend weekly synchronous feedback sessions, leveraging technology to accommodate various time zones and scheduling conflicts. Appoint regional liaison officers responsible for coordinating stakeholder interactions within their respective time zones, facilitating regular communication and feedback exchange. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project manager noticed that a team member had been a consistently high performer until a few months ago. Recently, the team member seems distracted and is not performing well. How should the project manager handle a review with the team member?. Talk to the team member about project deliverables and how poor performance is unacceptable. Discuss performance with the team member on the project deliverables and provide constructive feedback. Inform the team member that this project is complex and consider moving them to another project. Extend support to the team member as this is the first project in which the team member underperformed. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile team is working on a new product and is behind with their deliverables for the quarterly release. The team discovers new issues during each iteration. They start working on the critical issues and sometimes forget to update the backlog. This leads to confusion, delays, and occasional rework. How should the agile practitioner improve the team’s productivity?. Work with the team to ensure that both the product and iteration backlogs are up to date. Work with the team to ensure that the release backlog is in sync with the product backlog. Work with the team to ensure that the iteration and release backlogs are kept up to date. Work with the team to ensure that the product backlog is always kept up to date. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A team member starts discussing a project roadblock during a daily coordination meeting. The team discusses details of the impediment, which takes up most of the meeting time. What should the agile facilitator do?. Dismiss the rest of the team from the meeting to focus on the problem reported by the team member. Ask the team member to wait to discuss until the next daily coordination meeting, the team needs to review the current status. Inform the team that the meeting will be extended so there is time to hear what the team member is reporting. Stop the team politely and suggest scheduling another meeting to discuss this specific matter. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A stakeholder complains about the amount of changes that are being introduced to a project. What should the product owner do?. Escalate the complaint to the scrum master. Suggest implementing a more rigorous change governance. Coach the stakeholder on agile principles. Agree to limit scope changes going forward to control costs Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

The project lead of an international team noticed that some members were hesitant to express their opinions and thoughts during the meetings. What should the project lead do to encourage the team to express themselves?. Organize separate meetings with each individual team member. Create a safe environment for discussions during meetings. Emphasize rules that need to be respected during meetings. Allow team members to talk when they feel comfortable without any pressure. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

The product owner is present at the sprint review meeting and states that an estimation for the end of the project must be shared with the company’s steering committee. The scrum master declares that the team reached an average velocity of 40 story points per sprint, considering a biweekly iteration. The team members predict that there are 240 story points remaining. What is the estimated project conclusion?. Twelve months. Three months. Six months. Two months Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A senior executive contacted an agile lead about starting an agile project to solve a problem for the human resources (HR) department of a company. The project idea is not clear and no backlog has been developed. How should the agile lead start the project?. More work is needed to refine the idea and there is no backlog to start working on, so there is no way to help the manager. Identify the persona that needs help and conduct a workshop applying the empathy map technique about that persona. Review how similar problems have been resolved in other companies and see if a solution is available on the market. Start working on a list of user stones to create a backlog and suggest a product owner be assigned to the project. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A scrum master is 6 days into a 10-day iteration. A customer representative approaches the scrum master and asks whether they can access the latest update on the project. Which action should the scrum master take?. Share the information radiator. Email the latest release plan. Invite them to the next retrospective. Send the latest project report. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

The agile coach of a development team uses a servant leadership approach. The team is starting the third iteration of an upgrade to a software product, and work is going slower than initially planned. What should the coach do to help the team?. Help the team to remove impediments that stall project progress. Work with the development team to adjust the work plan. Ask the product owner to assign more resources to the project. Command and control the team to achieve plan goals. Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

If an individual is working on a project team in a phase delivering an increment, according to the definition of done (DoD), who was that defined by?. Project sponsor and project team. Scrum master. Product owner. Stakeholders and project team Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project manager is leading a large agile project with multiple deliverables at each phase of completion. The project team has informed the project manager that the deliverables are completed per the team agreement. Which agile practice should the project manager advise their team use to ensure deliverables are completed and ready for release?. Requirements backlog and ready for release. Acceptance criteria and release. Definition of ready (DoR) and review. Definition of done (DoD) and demonstrate Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

Conversation transcript between the customer and the product owner (PO): Customer: I am requesting a calendar feature for scheduling and reminding of upcoming releases that we can manage. We also need the calendar to indicate quarterly metrics deadlines, code freeze dates for financial close, and things like that. PO: My understanding is that this is for tracking project deadlines. Would you need to see the project deadlines on your phone calendar? Customer: Yes. I need to see a single snapshot on my phone. So, is it possible for me to connect my phone to this calendar app? PO: Let me write up the requirements and get the development team on board with the deadlines. What phone do you own? Customer: I own an Android phone, but I also need integration with the Apple phones. Identify three minimum viable product (MVP) items. (Refer to Conversation transcript between the customer and the product owner (PO). Choose three.)?. Monthly calendar view. Android phone integration. Windows end of support deadlines. Vacation calendar for team members. Scheduler to add events F. Product increment release dates Correct Answer:BEF Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

An agile lead is experienced with predictive and agile approaches. The agile lead was recently invited by human resources (HR) to be part of a learning team. During roundtable discussions with the project management team, the agile lead states: "I foster a safe environment for disagreement so my team feels empowered to move forward without obstacles." What is the agile lead attempting to highlight?. Ownership, because team members will be in charge of whatever happens during the project life cycle. Conflict is not productive and team members should resolve issues by themselves. Better decision-making, because the team is encouraged to join in constructive conflict. Leaders should incentivize conflict because it is inevitable in the workplace. Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A team retrospective was going well until the team lead introduced the "define the next experiment" topic; then the discussion became an argument. A new team member feels strongly that the approach used on their previous team would improve this team's efficiency and effectiveness. The team lead is adamant that they remain with the current approach and the discussion dissolves into a circular argument. What should the team lead do?. Remind the group that all input is welcome but dissension is not productive and suggest the group move on to another task more agreeable to everyone. Restate both stances, ask for details of both approaches, and create a chart of similarities and differences. Construct an Ishikawa diagram for each approach, and use the 5 Whys technique to determine the effectiveness of each approach. Interject and request this experiment be postponed for 2 months, so the new team member has time to observe the current approach. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

The manager of the team is responsible for delivering a specific initiative within the organization. They are preparing for the monthly project review meeting, where they will present the current state of this initiative. The agile project lead sends the manager the following email with the initiative's current status. Which summaries are correct and will be presented during the monthly project review? (Refer to the email and exhibits to the Team Manager)?. MVP has 25 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 8; with no other deviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 15. MVP has 30 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 8; with no other deviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 15. MVP has 25 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 9; with no other deviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 16. MVP has 30 remaining story points; MVP will complete at the end of sprint 9; with no other deviations, the entire backlog will complete at the end of sprint 16. Correct Answer:D Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project team's manager is responsible for delivering a specific initiative for the organization. They are preparing for a monthly meeting where the manager will present on the current state of this initiative. The agile project lead sends the manager the following email with the current initiative status (see Exhibit A). At the end of which sprint will the minimum viable product (MVP) be completed?. 7. 8. 9. 10 Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A project team's manager is responsible for delivering a specific initiative for the organization. They are preparing for a monthly meeting where the manager will present on the current state of this initiative. The agile project lead sends the manager the following email with the current initiative status (see Exhibit A). How many sprints will be needed to complete the entire backlog?. 15. 16. 17. 18 Correct Answer:A Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

A food company seeks additional business-to-business (B2B) revenues from some customers by implementing purchase order (PO) functionality. To achieve this, the agile project team is exploring PO integration options (see item #3 in Exhibit A), as the product increment (PI) planning process is underway. What should the project team do next?. Use agile estimation techniques like planning poker or relative sizing for collaborative assessment. Break down the feature into smaller tasks or user stories for better assessment and incremental delivery. Analyze current system requirements and dependencies, including integration levels and regulatory compliance. Refer to past performance and historical data from similar projects to identify potential risks and challenges. Correct Answer:B Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.

In Scrum, the responsibilities of the project manager are shared among the product owner, scrum master, and development team. Why are responsibilities shared among the three roles?. "Inspect and adapt" are two of the three pillars in Scrum. The roles in Scrum are divided among the product owner, scrum master, and development team in a way that makes it possible to inspect the efficiency and adapt the way responsibilities are shared to maximize efficiency if needed. Scrum is a collaboration framework that encourages the Scrum team - the product owner, scrum master, and development team - to collaborate in a way that fosters fast value creation with respect for each team member's opinions and individual preferences. The product owner is responsible for the product backlog and long-term plans, the scrum master is responsible for the Scrum process, and the development team is responsible for the sprint backlog and progress toward the sprint goal. This facilitates clear accountability and effective value creation. The product owner is responsible for the product and sprint backlog. The scrum master follows up on progress, and the development team estimates and decomposes the backlog items into manageable pieces. This ensures each person has the roles they are best at and feel most comfortable with. Correct Answer:C Currently there are no comments in this discussion, be the first to comment!.