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After some debate the delivery team decides to use the product roadmap because it will help them:

Align strategy to goals
Maintain defined scope
Keep the team on schedule
Align increments with product vision

Correct answer: A

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/3129/10-Tips-for-Creating-an-Agile-Product-Roadmap.aspx

A team has been delivering a steady stream of small value increments towards a goal for 4 months, and has completed several solution components, with several still potentially doable. The solution owner examines the reactions to the delivered components from customers, and decides which one(s) the team will do next. The solution owner is demonstrating:

Adaptation to revised strategy
Change in response to feedback and learning
Action in response to activity
Maintenance of solution alignment

Correct answer: B

The team decides a story is too big to do in one iteration. The correct technique to apply at this point is:

MoSCoW approach
Story decomposition
Epic analysis
Story partitioning

Correct answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.excella.com/insights/make-your-agile-user-stories-manageable-through-story-decomposition

While discussing team norms, the team determines that within the Delivery Horizon, communication will be:

Clear or reviewed
Appropriate and planned
Casual and as needed
Consistent or scheduled

Correct answer: D

When decomposing stories, the concept of “breadth before depth” signifies progressively breaking down:

Estimates and resources required to accomplish the story
Backlog items to the lowest level of detail upfront
Business goals into user stories representing smaller increments of value
Tests to align with usable functionality delivered through each story

Correct answer: C

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-Member-Copy.pdf (103)

The delivery team is in a meeting identifying cycle time improvement opportunities for delivery of the final product. They decide to apply the following technique:

Backlog management
Value stream mapping
Story decomposition
Story mapping

Correct answer: B

Explanation:

Value stream mapping complete, fact-based, time-series representation of the stream of activities required to deliver a product or service.

The team members are discussing the level of effort that different backlog items are likely to require, and how much effort is available for the next sprint. This is an example of the principle:

Analyze to determine what is valuable
Understand what is doable
Respect for individuals
Get real using examples

Correct answer: A

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-Member-Copy.pdf (20)

Making decisions based on a realistic understanding of current organizational strengths, capabilities, and challenges, is represented in the agile analysis principle of:

See the whole
Individuals and interactions over process and tools
Think as a customer
Understand what is doable

Correct answer: A

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-Member-Copy.pdf (36)

At the Initiative Horizon, the solution owner using iterative planning principles decides to plan for a period of:

6-12 months because competitive analysis requires thorough analysis
1-3 months because it can be determined if needs are being met
3-6 months because stability is required for long term planning
1-2 weeks because it aligns with the increments delivered by the team

Correct answer: B

Explanation:

Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-Member-Copy.pdf (46)

Planning horizons are important because they allow an organization to:

Support a structured response supported by all levels of the organization
Sense and respond to their changing environment
Ensure senior management is informed and engaged
Allow management guidance for decision making

Correct answer: B

Explanation:

In constant and rapidly changing environments, organizations are required to be able to sense and respond to local opportunities and problems without the need to involve the whole organization, while also looking forward at emerging threats and opportunities. These planning horizons provide a framework for the shift in focus that occurs when moving between understanding the long-term strategic needs of the organization and the immediate needs of a customer.