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PMI PMI-200 - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

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An agile coach is guiding a team across multiple locations. They need a united communication approach that involves task-oriented communications and discussion boards with effectiveness.

Which method of communication would be most effective?

A.

Interactive communication

B.

Pull communication

C.

Interpersonal communication

D.

Push communication

Midway through a sprint, the scrum master identifies that reassigning a certain task could help the team meet its sprint goals What should the scrum master do next?

A.

Alert the team that sprint goals might not be met and create an alternative plan

B.

Obtain team buy-in to perform modifications to the sprint backlog.

C.

Have the sprint proceed as planned

D.

Ask the team to decide if the task should be reassigned

An agile team has started to worry because lately they have seen an increase in the number of issues. There seems to be a large variance in the quality of the work items delivered. The team now realizes that a shared understanding of quality may not exist among team members.

What should the team do?

A.

The team should move to test-driven development as defects are not being detected during testing.

B.

The team should account for the increased problems in their velocity forecasts since unexpected changes occur in agile projects.

C.

The team should discuss their definition of done (DoD) and make changes to ensure there is common understanding of the acceptance criteria.

D.

The team's agile project manager should facilitate the development of a new, detailed test procedure that all team members must follow.

How can an agile team working on a new product ensure alignment with external stakeholders?

A.

Ask the product owner to provide a detailed product specification document

B.

Conduct story-mapping exercises to clarify deliverables and release priorities

C.

Hold a kick-off meeting to assign roles and responsibilities.

D.

Work with the scrum master and stakeholders to ensure agile principles are followed

A project team has been working on five data source integrations. They have allocated one tester for each data source. One of the testers is on emergency leave for personal reasons, so the project

deliverables could not be completed on time.

How should the project team improve during their retrospective for future implementations?

A.

Use the scrum or team board and daily scrum meetings to track and manage issues and optimize deliverables.

B.

Encourage team members to become general specialists to reduce bottlenecks and create a cross-functional team.

C.

Empower teams and encourage emerging leadership to produce effective solutions to manage complexity.

D.

Define the roles of the individual or group and define the what, how, why, when, and where to do each task.

Case Study

An agile project lead for a company is leading a sales team who has committed to delivering new product functionality to the customer at the end of five sprints. The agile project lead performed initial planning with the team and with the team's support has committed to the scope and deadline.

Check in with the project in three stages to answer the associated questions.

How do two additional features and more story points added by the product owner impact the team's progress and ability to complete work within the iteration, considering the burndown rate of the team has not changed? (Refer to the Case Study and End of Sprint 3 Exhibit)

A.

The scope of the items in the backlog has been increased to reflect an increase in velocity.

B.

The backlog has been increased and the velocity of the project may no longer be on track.

C.

The team has committed to additional work added to the backlog and will increase velocity.

D.

The team did not complete the backlog items at the same velocity due to external issues

The productivity of an agile team has fallen significantly in the last sprint. The team members have not mentioned any impediments but seem to be fatigued.

What should the agile practitioner do?

A.

Discuss the issue with the team at the next daily standup meeting.

B.

Discuss the issue with the team at a special meeting for this purpose.

C.

Discuss the issue with the project stakeholders at a special meeting for this purpose.

D.

Discuss the issue with the team at the next project retrospective.

During its first sprint, a new scrum team realizes that it has insufficient team members with test automation skills to effectively complete its stories. What should the team do?

A.

Cross-train some members in the automation framework to broaden their capacity with that skill

B.

Ask the product owner to add team members to boost this particular skill set

C.

Send a member to automation framework training when funds are available

D.

Avoid using test automation by swarming on the testing tasks and using manual testing

During a current sprint, a team member asks permission from the scrum master to investigate an alternative design approach What should the scrum master do?

A.

Discourage the team member from deviating from the plan and document the request during the retrospective

B.

Encourage the team member to research the issue and present the findings during the retrospective

C.

Discourage the team member from using experimentation/spikes unless it is fully developed and accounts for a variety of use cases

D.

Encourage the team member to use experimentation/spikes for continuous improvement and help the team understand why it is important.

The team is aware that they will need to integrate a new component to their solution in the next few weeks. The team does not have any experience with this component.

What should the team do next?

A.

Ask for a team extension so that an engineer with the needed experience can be added to the team.

B.

Suggest that the product owner perform the initial investigation and present the outcome to the team.C Request thai the product owner include a spike in the next iteration's backlog so they can perform an initial investigation

C.

Propose alternative components with which the team has experience.