Agile Principles and Mindset Flashcards
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How should an Agile team respond when a retrospective repeatedly identifies the same systemic impediment?
Answer: Escalate it to leadership with a clear impact statement and proposed solutions
When retrospectives surface persistent systemic impediments, teams should escalate them beyond the team level with clear data and proposed solutions to drive real change.
What does the Agile mindset say about motivated individuals on a team?
Answer: Motivated individuals should be given the environment and support they need and trusted to get the job done
Agile Principle 5 directs teams to be built around motivated individuals, giving them the environment and support needed while trusting them to deliver.
A team is pressured to skip code reviews to meet a sprint deadline. Which Agile mindset principle does this violate most directly?
Answer: Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
Skipping code reviews sacrifices technical excellence, which Agile Principle 9 identifies as essential to maintaining agility over time.
Which best describes the Agile concept of an 'empirical process'?
Answer: Making decisions based on observation, experience, and experimentation rather than prediction
Agile uses an empirical approach — transparency, inspection, and adaptation — grounded in actual observations rather than upfront predictions.
How does the Agile Manifesto address the value of contract negotiation?
Answer: Contract negotiation has value but customer collaboration is valued more
The Manifesto values customer collaboration over contract negotiation but acknowledges that contracts still have value — 'over' does not mean 'instead of.'
Which Agile scenario demonstrates 'responding to change over following a plan'?
Answer: A team adds a new competitor-differentiating feature discovered mid-project, revising their roadmap
Responding to change means adjusting plans mid-course to seize new opportunities or respond to new information, delivering more value than the original plan would have.
What role does psychological safety play in an Agile team's ability to embody Agile principles?
Answer: It enables honest retrospectives, risk-taking, and continuous improvement essential to Agile
Psychological safety allows team members to speak openly in retrospectives, admit mistakes, and experiment — all foundational to living Agile principles.