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A software team creates an app that helps customers keep track of expiration dates on food and other household products. What might success look like at 90+ days for users of the app?

4. Question 4 A software team creates an app that helps customers keep track of expiration dates on food and other household products. What might success look like at 90+…

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Patricia is a new product owner. She’s passionate about the product and is an expert on the market and users, but she’s not as familiar with agile. As a seasoned agile team member, what do you hope to see Patricia bring to the team’s decision making process for the next sprint?

2. Question 2 Patricia is a new product owner. She’s passionate about the product and is an expert on the market and users, but she’s not as familiar with agile….

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A grocery store chain is looking for a software solution to solve their ongoing stocking problem. Employees spend a frustrating amount of time trying to rotate soon to be expired items to the front and then discarding them once they have expired. Customers are also very disappointed when they inadvertently purchase expired goods. What might an experienced team do when addressing these user needs?

4. Question 4 A grocery store chain is looking for a software solution to solve their ongoing stocking problem. Employees spend a frustrating amount of time trying to rotate soon…

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You’ve been working on an agile team within your company. In an effort to spread expertise throughout the organization, you’ll be working on a new team to help the company expand their practice of agile. Why might you caution the team against adopting long iterations?

2. Question 2 You’ve been working on an agile team within your company. In an effort to spread expertise throughout the organization, you’ll be working on a new team to…

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Halfway into a sprint, it becomes obvious that some team members aren’t particularly busy in the beginning of the sprint but will be slammed with testing at the end. How should a high functioning agile team respond?

1. Question 1 Halfway into a sprint, it becomes obvious that some team members aren’t particularly busy in the beginning of the sprint but will be slammed with testing at…

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A team is using a kanban board and notices that many items are stacking up in a certain stage of the development process. How should they initially react in order to best manage flow?

5. Question 5 A team is using a kanban board and notices that many items are stacking up in a certain stage of the development process. How should they initially…

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It’s your first day working as a developer with a company that creates software that deals with medical records. You’ve been getting settled in your new office space and notice that the team is spread out across two large rooms, and everyone has their own cubicles with tall partitions. The common walls in the area feature colorful art but are otherwise bare. You can’t see or clearly hear anyone else on your team. How might this arrangement impact collaboration for a team using XP practices?

4. Question 4 It’s your first day working as a developer with a company that creates software that deals with medical records. You’ve been getting settled in your new office…

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You are the Scrum Master of a team working on a solution that requires a lot of new code and technical facets–more than the usual. Several days into the 10-day sprint, the number of completed story points has not decreased. Overall, things are going fine, but some team members and outside stakeholders are anxious about the apparent lack of progress on the burndown chart. What might you do?

3. Question 3 You are the Scrum Master of a team working on a solution that requires a lot of new code and technical facets–more than the usual. Several days…