PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Which one of the following is NOT an example of task boards?

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’s is another term for secondary risk?

You are the lead in a project. How would you explain the difference between traditional/waterfall project management and Agile project management?

The development team experimented with a different approach but failed. What is one of the roles of a Scrum Master to help “fix” the situation?

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

You’ve noticed your project team’s throughput has fluctuated and even decreased in the last few iterations. It seems there might be issue with the process the team uses. What should you do?

Your team needs to estimate the effort of coding a new feature but has zero experience with the size and scope of the new feature. What should the team do?

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?

Which approach represents identifying and removing roadblocks, supporting experiments, and taking smart risks?

Aaron’s organization has restructured, causing him to lose a couple key people on his team and has new project sponsor. He is hosting a project workshop to refocus on how the project work will be completed. What should Aaron do?

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?

Your team starts a project 4 weeks after the request from a customer. Your team takes 3 weeks to design and prototype a new photo app, 2 weeks to create process documentation for the team, and another 3 weeks to develop, test, and release it. What is process cycle efficiency (PCE)?

Your evolving project is consistently changing in scope and requirements. There are several uncertainties. What are the reasons adaptive planning is the best approach in this project?

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?

During a sprint retrospective, the team notices there was time spent in unnecessary meetings. Which Scrum event should you focus on to improvement the communications?

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

What is most useful when approaching value-based decomposition?

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 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?

There is friction on your team. There are several unidentified risks that became a reality. Your team is scrambling to work through each iteration. You had weak personnel, feature creep, and inadequate design. What could help this situation?

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

You need to provide an update to the project stakeholders. The CPI is 1.5 and the SPI is 1.0. How would you explain the status of the project to the stakeholders?

What is Kaizen?

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?

What are the four types of risk response actions?

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

What is the process for stakeholder management?

Initially, a customer reads a story and then the team estimates the effort. The team discusses and then the team estimates again. The process it repeated until consensus is reach. |w What estimating technique is being used?

You are working with the team and trying to understand each aspect of the sprint, how can Kanban help reduce bottlenecks in the process?

Bob is working on a large project, and most of his team will be virtual. What approach is best for Bob to take to facilitate the virtual team?

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

Which of the following is NOT a hybrid framework?

What is characteristic of a high-performing Agile team?

You’re a project manager on an Agile team, reviewing a feature anticipated to be implemented in the next release. However, the customer indicated it did not meet the acceptance criteria during a sprint review. What approach should you take?

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?

Bob is a senior project manager at a large organization with traditional beliefs of functional departments and a structured hierarchy. Scrum, Kanban, and XP are used. He is looking to scale Agile throughout the organization. Which framework would be most useful in this scenario?

Sprint planning is a collaborative effort involving several stakeholders, including the ScrumMaster, the product owner, and the scrum team. In a sprint review meeting, a customer has been invited to attend. Why would this be important?

The ScrumMaster wants to ensure the team is paid fairly, works to build relationships with individuals and peers, and the working conditions exceed the team’s expectation. Then she focuses on the work itself and looks for opportunities for growth and advancement. What motivation models is she using?

Sam is collaborating with the customer for feedback for the development team. The product is of lower quality than the customer expected. He knows there are long term implications. In order to reduce overall cost of incremental development, what should he do?

A team member is insistent on applying empirical process controls. What are the three aspects?

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

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?

You’ve built an Agile team that resolves their differences, appreciate colleague's strengths, and respect the team. They accept their roles and responsibilities. Which stage is next is next in the Tuckman’s Model of Team Development?

You have 4 stories, the highest priority story A, has 5 points. The next priority B has 10 points. C has 5, and finally the lowest priority D has 10. |w Your team’s velocity is 10. How would you group the stories in iterations?

You have some project stakeholders looking for the status of the project. The Agile mindset promotes knowledge sharing early and throughout the project. Which tool would be most useful to show transparency?

Which meeting should not be attended by the stakeholders?

What can be used when applying control limits to work?

Sam is tracking a noticeable drop in the team’s velocity. There’s a lot of WIPs yet he sees some lag time between the tasks that are identified to complete a user story. What is the best approach to get the team on track?

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?

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?

Juan is on an Agile team that supports the decisions made by the product owner to determine the features that should go in a release. They also set expectations and inspect all aspects of quality. How can the ScrumMaster empower the team?

An Agile team just finished a new version of the software. The team is monitoring the system for errors. They look at changes in user data and traffic volume. They review the results with the customer. What are they trying to accomplish?

During a Scrum meeting, Chen is listening and paying attention to the speaker’s perspective. He can empathize and picking up on facial expressions and gestures, as well as the pitch and tone. Which level of listening does this scenario represent?

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