Agile Development Practices Flashcards
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Which Agile estimation technique uses a non-linear scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…) to reflect increasing uncertainty in larger items?
Answer: Planning Poker
Planning Poker uses Fibonacci-like cards to estimate story points, with the non-linear scale reflecting that larger items carry proportionally more uncertainty.
In Kanban, what does a Work-In-Progress (WIP) limit enforce?
Answer: The cap on how many items can be actively worked on in a workflow stage
WIP limits cap the number of items in a given workflow stage to reduce multitasking, surface bottlenecks, and improve flow.
What is 'velocity' in the context of Scrum?
Answer: The sum of story points completed by a team in a sprint
Velocity is the total story points a team completes in a sprint, used to forecast how much work can be taken in future sprints.
A product owner wants to add a high-priority feature to a sprint already in progress. What should happen according to Scrum guidelines?
Answer: Wait until the next sprint planning to include the new feature
Scrum protects the sprint goal from mid-sprint changes; new high-priority items should be added to the product backlog and addressed in the next sprint unless the current sprint is cancelled.
Which Agile practice is specifically designed to discover and address team process improvements at the end of each iteration?
Answer: Sprint Retrospective
The Sprint Retrospective is the ceremony where the team inspects its own process, collaboration, and tools, then commits to specific improvements for the next sprint.
In Agile, what does 'INVEST' stand for as criteria for a well-formed user story?
Answer: Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable
INVEST is a quality checklist for user stories: Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable.
What is the key difference between a product backlog and a sprint backlog?
Answer: The product backlog holds all desired work; the sprint backlog holds items committed for the current sprint
The product backlog is the comprehensive ordered list of all desired work, while the sprint backlog is the subset the team commits to completing within the current sprint.