An Introduction to Agile Project Management

Project Management Ch 17

1: Traditional approaches to project management concentrate firmly on

A)Thorough planning up front

B)New technology

C)Flexibility

D)Change

E)Iterative development

2: Project ________ varies according to the extent the project scope is known and stable and the technology to be used is known and proven.

A)Stability

B)Balance

C)Unity

D)Uncertainty

E)Degree

3: In many cases, _________ only begin to understand what they actually desire when they are provided with someone's impression of what they want.

A)Project Managers

B)Customers

C)Sponsors

D)Team Leaders

E)All of the above are

4: When determining project uncertainty, _________ can be a source of unpredictability.

A)Technology

B)Clients

C)Vendors

D)Sponsors

E)WBS

5: _____________ represents a fundamental shift away from the traditional plan-driven project management approach by adopting a more experimental and adaptive approach to managing projects.

A)Agile project management

B)Hybrid project management

C)Uncertain project management

D)Focused project management

E)Interactive project management

6: When considering the Agile Project Management process, at the end of each iteration

A)Team members are released to work on other projects

B)The scrum master assigns daily tasks to team members

C)Product owner determines whether or not the project is complete

D)The scrum master can terminate the project

E)Stakeholders and customers review progress and re-evaluate priorities

7: A new holistic approach in new commercial product development efforts where the cross-functional team collaborating to develop a new product is compared to rugby, where the whole team "tries to go the distance as a unit," is known as

A)Scrum

B)Specific project management

C)Traditional project management

D)Prioritized WBS

E)Functional teams

8 : Scrum uses a series of coordinated meetings to manage the development process. Which of the following is held at the start of each sprint? During this meeting the product owner and development team negotiate which product backlog items the team will attempt during the next sprint.

A)Sprint planning meeting

B)Release planning meeting

C)Sprint review meeting

D)Daily scrum meeting

E)Sprint retrospective meeting

9: Iterative development processes provide the following important advantages EXCEPT

A)Continuous integration of the evolving product

B)Frequent demonstration of progress to increase the likelihood that the end product will satisfy customer needs

C)Early detection of defects and problems

D)Ease of comparing actual information against planned

E)Constant verification and validation of the evolving product

10: While Agile Project Management does not consist of one set method, most methods are based on similar principles. Which of the following Agile Project Management principles would be described when employing business-driven prioritizations of requirements and features to satisfy customer needs?

A)Focus on customer value

B)Iterative and incremental delivery

C)Experimentation and adaptation

D)Self-organization

E)Continuous improvement

11: While Agile Project Management does not consist of one set method, most methods are based on similar principles. Which of the following Agile Project Management principles would be described when testing assumptions early and building working prototypes to solicit customer feedback and refine product requirements?

A)Focus on customer value

B)Iterative and incremental delivery

C)Experimentation and adaptation

D)Self-organization

E)Continuous improvement

12: Specific features are created using Scrum methodology according to four distinct phases. Which of the following is NOT one of these phases?

A)Analysis

B)Monitor

C)Build

D)Test

E)Design

13:Scrum relies on three key roles. A person who acts on behalf of customers to represent their interests and who is responsible for ensuring that the development team focuses their efforts on developing a project that will fulfill the business objective of the project is called a

A)Customer service representative

B)Project champion

C)Customer liaison

D)Product owner

E)Production coordinator

14:The _________ is the customer's prioritized list of key features desired when the project is completed

A)Project master

B)Spirit backlog

C)Creative backlog

D)Product backlog

E)Project list

15:For some Agile projects, ___________ are established, which is the maximum budget that should not be exceeded in the development of a given product or service.

A)Project accounts

B)Contingencies

C)Agile accounts

D)Ceilings

E)Scrum logs