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

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Total 476 questions

What should the agile team do?

A.

Adhere to the new deadline and immediately advise the client that the schedule has been expedited.

B.

Advise the client that it is best to continue as planned rather than introduce unforeseen risks by expediting the schedule.

C.

Submit a change request to the client with a 50% increase in charges due to the new potential profit.

D.

Request additional resources to meet the expedited deadline and obtain training for the new resources.

Halfway through the execution of an agile project, a retrospective meeting is held. One of the team members believes that the actual time and cost to complete the work has consistently been greater than what was originally estimated.

Which of the following activities should be performed next?

A.

The product owner should reduce the scope of the project so that the items delivering the highest business value can be completed.

B.

The team should perform a spike to conduct research on their technical solutions and prove their viability.

C.

The team should consolidate small stories into larger ones so that there are less work items to be estimated.

D.

The team should reevaluate time and cost estimates to reflect the latest understanding of the work effort.

An organization wants to execute a corporate website redesign project using Scrum. There is an experienced pool of agile team members from a previous project, as well as a pool of available internal team members with some Scrum background.

What should be considered when selecting the team?

A.

Review any reports of conflict between each of the team members over the last two years, and select only those with a track record of working well together.

B.

Ensure there is a balanced mix of people who are experts and members with broad experience based on the work to be performed and determine training needs.

C.

Ensure that none of the team members are geographically dispersed so that all team members can be colocated.

D.

Review each team member's contributions to the velocity of their previous projects and select the highest performers.

Midway through a project, the product owner learns from the sponsor that a major component, which is already 20 percent complete, is unimportant to users. The component was part of the approved scope and a key selling point for the project.

What should the product owner do next?

A.

Obtain approval from the change control board to discontinue the component

B.

Ask the team to continue developing the component

C.

Ask the team to discontinue developing the component

D.

Request the sponsor's formal approval to discontinue the component

What should the agile coach do?

A.

Meet with the agile team lead to discuss ways to improve team velocity and get back on track

B.

Use this as a learning opportunity and allow the team to handle the situation when the marketing campaign begins

C.

In the upcoming retrospective, discuss ways to improve sharing project status information

D.

Meet with the marketing stakeholders to explain that the team will miss the planned release date

What should the agile practitioner do?

A.

Transfer the senior member to another team that will more fully utilize their skill set.

B.

Conduct a performance evaluation to determine whether or not this member is a team player.

C.

Encourage the project team to involve the senior member in more project activities.

D.

Ask the functional manager to determine the best course of action.

A new product owner needs to manage the backlog of a high-visibility, fast-moving project that is consuming a considerable amount of time.

What should the product owner do?

A.

Schedule regular meetings with the scrum team to write, groom, and size user stories

B.

Focus on stories based on the highest number of story points to first address those items with the highest value

C.

Seek regular input from project stakeholders, and reflect this input in the backlog’s priorities

D.

Schedule in-person monthly meetings with key stakeholders to review the project’s progress

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?

A.

Explain how many scope changes were requested by the product owner and how many hours the team dedicated to unplanned tasks.

B.

Explain that initial estimates help measure project feasibility but the real estimates depend on how much the team learns in each sprint.

C.

Explain some features and requirements made aspects of the project unique and are not comparable to previous experiences.

D.

Explain the list of materialized risks not considered at the beginning of the project ted to extra work hours and costs.

An organization strives hard to accelerate value delivery by improving product design, development, and transition activities. What ways of working should the organization discontinue to become an effective player?

A.

Leverage continuous feedback from customers to seamlessly align delivery with requirements.

B.

Define software functionality by relying on the developers' experience designing similar system

C.

Engage end users in user acceptance testing to ensure the product meets their expectations.

D.

Educate end users and other stakeholders to understand desired outcomes through user stories.

A stakeholder complains about the amount of changes that are being introduced to a project. What should the product owner do?

A.

Escalate the complaint to the scrum master

B.

Suggest implementing a more rigorous change governance

C.

Coach the stakeholder on agile principles

D.

Agree to limit scope changes going forward to control costs