CAD Agile Frameworks and Methodologies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), what is the primary purpose of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event?
- To review completed work from the previous increment
- To align all teams on a shared mission and create a plan for the next 8-12 weeks (Correct answer)
- To assign story points to backlog items
- To conduct retrospectives across all teams
Correct answer: To align all teams on a shared mission and create a plan for the next 8-12 weeks
PI Planning is a two-day event where all teams in an Agile Release Train align on objectives and create iteration plans for the next Program Increment.
Question 2: Which Kanban principle specifically addresses limiting the amount of work started but not yet completed?
- Visualize workflow
- Limit Work in Progress (WIP) (Correct answer)
- Manage flow
- Make policies explicit
Correct answer: Limit Work in Progress (WIP)
Limiting WIP is a core Kanban principle that reduces multitasking, exposes bottlenecks, and improves flow by capping concurrent work items.
Question 3: In the Disciplined Agile (DA) framework, what does the term 'choose your WoW' (Way of Working) emphasize?
- Teams must follow a strict prescribed process
- Organizations should select and tailor their process based on their unique context (Correct answer)
- All teams in an organization must use the same methodology
- Scrum is the preferred methodology over all others
Correct answer: Organizations should select and tailor their process based on their unique context
DA's 'choose your WoW' philosophy recognizes that context matters and teams should select and evolve their process to fit their specific situation.
Question 4: What is the key difference between Scrum and Kanban regarding iteration timeboxes?
- Scrum has no fixed iterations while Kanban requires two-week sprints
- Scrum uses fixed-length sprints while Kanban uses continuous flow without fixed iterations (Correct answer)
- Both require fixed two-week iterations
- Kanban uses monthly iterations while Scrum uses weekly iterations
Correct answer: Scrum uses fixed-length sprints while Kanban uses continuous flow without fixed iterations
Scrum operates in fixed-length sprints (typically 1-4 weeks), while Kanban uses continuous flow where work items move through the board without sprint boundaries.
Question 5: In LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), how many Product Owners exist for multiple teams working on a single product?
- One Product Owner per team
- One Product Owner for all teams (Correct answer)
- A Product Owner Council with one representative per team
- A Chief Product Owner overseeing team-level Product Owners
Correct answer: One Product Owner for all teams
LeSS maintains a single Product Owner who manages one Product Backlog shared across all teams, preserving Scrum's core structure at scale.
Question 6: Which XP (Extreme Programming) practice directly addresses the risk of integrating code changes too infrequently?
- Test-Driven Development
- Continuous Integration (Correct answer)
- Pair Programming
- Simple Design
Correct answer: Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration in XP requires developers to integrate and test their changes multiple times per day, catching integration problems early.
Question 7: In Crystal methodology, what is the primary factor used to determine which Crystal variant (Clear, Yellow, Orange, Red) a project should use?
- The technology stack being used
- Team size and project criticality (Correct answer)
- The customer's industry sector
- The length of the project timeline
Correct answer: Team size and project criticality
Crystal variants are selected based on team size (number of people) and the criticality of the system (what happens if it fails), not technical factors.
CAD Agile Frameworks and Methodologies 2
In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), what is the primary purpose of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event?