PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Like every Agile project, Phil is aiming to deliver a usable product after every sprint. He wants the product to be complete in gathering and analyzing requirements, design, coding, testing, review, and documentation. What’s the best technique to help Phil adopt the desired output?

You find out the team was creating a product feature that was not requested or required by the customer. After reviewing it with the customer, they are not happy. What happened, and what should you do?

What is a stage of Feature-Driven Development (FDD)?

Project A has an investment of $330,000 and generates an IRR of 20%. Project B has an investment of $100,000 and generates an IRR of 40%. Project C has an investment of $200,000 and generates an IRR of 30%. Which project would you choose?

When learning a new skill, you start imitating the skills, then understand how to apply the skills, and finally have self-directed innovation to learn from one’s own experience. What developmental mastery model is represented?

The lead time in the current project is significantly longer than other projects you’ve worked on. You’ve removed bottlenecks and delays, but you and your team can’t seem get on track. What can Manny do?

You’ve formed working agreements with key stakeholders, and held periodic reviews to ensure your team is building the right product. What else is crucial to stakeholder engagement?

Niles lead an Agile team. They worked on a highly complex project which derailed at the last minute. They are in a Sprint retrospective and individuals are blaming others. The stakeholders were not kept informed. What approach should Niles take to maximize value to the customer, on a similar size project next time around?

You’ve included stereotypic users in your personas. What else should be considered or represented in a persona?

As you’re discussing and prioritizing the backlog items during a backlog refinement meeting, the ScrumMaster reminds everyone to welcome change and strive technical excellence. What other reminders would help encourage the Agile mindset?

There are 3 projects under consideration by the sponsors. Project A has an NVP of $500,000. Project B has an NVP of $450,000. Project C has an NVP of $550,000. Project D has an NVP of $400,000. Which project would be the best investment?

Why should Agile leaders continuously improve their emotional intelligence?

Your team has found a defect. What should you do next to create value to the customer?

An Agile team continues to introduce errors in the code because they are not following coding conventions, even though they know and have been reminded of the standard procedures. The velocity of the team is decreasing. What type of cause is this?

What’s one reason you’d choose a quantitative analysis over qualitative analysis?

You are consulting the stakeholders and the product owner develops and maintains a product backlog. The stakeholders help create user stories. Which phase does this represent?

Bill is managing a team in an organization that is highly defined processes and procedures. He wants to have a common vision and be able to work together. What should Bill to do help ensure team effectiveness in the established organizational guidelines and norms?

Your Agile team continuously adds new features. It’s always well received by the customer. The product backlog is growing. What is happening in this scenario?

When engaging the project team and stakeholders, which situation is inappropriate to communication via social media?

Senior leaders and sponsors are considering a project that will need $120,000 to complete but will generate $50,000, $60,000, and $70,000, in the first 3 years, respectively. The target rate of return is 15%. What is the net present value (NPV)?

What is a benefit of a common team space?

There’s a member from an Agile team from an entirely different project asking one of Williams team members for an update. He’s curious how the project is going and continually distracts the team. He comes to you as a confidant and you both walk through different scenarios of handling the situation, with him concluding he knows what to do. What type of support is this?

What is the title of the project manager in an XP development project?

What is represented in this example, “As a customer, I want to track my package until it’s delivered”?

Raheem’s Agile team is making a final group decision. With a synchronized vote, he sees the bulk of the votes with one finger. Which decision making method is Raheem’s team using?

Which meeting should not be attended by the stakeholders?

The product owner and development team are going through the product backlog. They identifying the priorities and a team member raises a concern about a low priority item, stating they could try a different approach. The team is already behind, what is the best course of action?

Which item will allow you to see the project and its priorities as a whole?

You and your team are co-located with another Scrum team. Even though there’s no current need for collaborating directly with them, you will likely need to in future. Which communication method is the best approach in this scenario?

You are considering different brainstorm techniques and want to maximize the number of ideas and encourage spontaneity. Which brainstorming technique is best for this scenario?

What is most useful when approaching value-based decomposition?

Joel’s Agile team is making little progress. They seem to be using the same approach but seeing no improvements. The ScrumMaster seems to control the outcomes of the team. The team seems to have lost sight of the end goal and have little interest in solving problems or improving their work. What should Joel do?

What is the most useful aspect of a project charter?

If project A costs $500,000 but is expected to save $50,000 each year. Project B costs $1,200,000 but will make $100,000 each year. Project C costs $200,000 but will make $30,000 each year. Project D costs $50,000 and will make $10,000 each year. Which project is a better investment based on the payback period method?

You are reviewing the financial metrics of a potential project. You consider the percent of the benefit of the investment to the money invested. Which metric does this represent?

What are the four types of risk response actions?

You’ve been listening and serving your project team. When there are opportunities, you coach and help them grow. You’ve been promoting the energy and intelligence of others in creativity and collaboration. What are other aspects should you consider in a servant leadership role?

Which approach to reviewing user stories considers if stories are negotiable?

Emma and Ali have had heated discussion about how to implement a feature. Emma has more experience, but Ali has worked longer on the project. Emma has left the conversation numerous times. They’ve tried to come up with alternative solutions but have yet to mutually agree. This conflict is causing delays with the sprint and will have a knock-on effect to the next iteration. What’s the best approach to resolve this conflict?

What is characteristic of a high-performing Agile team?

The last iteration was not complete. There continues to be major issues with the team’s cycle time and velocity. The project is significantly behind. What’s the best tool to help you identify the cause and effect?

What conclusions can you draw from this |h %5coutput%5ct14%5cmisc%5cp125.html burn up chart?

You’re reviewing procurement process for an Agile project, what happens after the bidder conference?

The project team has reviewed the user stories and have put them in one of three categories. Small: < 1 day, Medium: < 1-2 weeks, Large: < 2 weeks. What approach to relative sizing does this represent?

You have a UX designer on your Agile team. He’s knows that UX designs start from the end-user, but he also understands the business objectives the team is trying to meet. Has practice and experience to deliver high quality of work. What level of the Dreyfus model is represented?

The system upgrade process must roll back all related updates if the upgrade fails. What type of requirement does this represent?

In your current Scrum project, the product owner finished working on the product backlog. What should happen next?

What’s is another term for secondary risk?

What is the most common tool for process analysis?

Joe’s current project team has workspace scattered throughout the building. It’s a major year-long project so he found a new collaborative workspace on the ground floor. He explains why it’s a good idea to move the team. What is his motivation?

You’re close to the end of a project and you are reviewing the risk burn down chart. You continue to communicate the status of threats and issues. One stakeholder questions the why the risk contingency reserve are still at the same levels the start of the project. What is the most common cause?

You’re prioritizing requirements in the product backlog, and evaluating potential products features that would excite the customer and create value. You prioritize them according to several categories. |w What model are you use?

What is a principle of DSDM?

The product owner provides the backlog and the user stories are arranged horizontally on a wall. Each team member size each item relative to other items, then each item is place in relative size buckets, and data is stored. What is technique is being explained?

Mary notices an increase number of bottlenecks in the team. The developers are waiting on the testers, and the QA folks. She wants to avoid bottlenecks and create a high-functional team. What should Mary do?

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