PSK Quiz #2

Why aren’t feedback loop practices included in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams?
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Which of the following will a Scrum Team most likely use as an input to Sprint Planning?
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A Cycle Time Scatterplot can help you visualize:
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Which of the following are considered Kanban practices for Scrum Teams?
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Who is accountable for managing the Kanban board in the Sprint Backlog?
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Work Item Age is best described as:
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For teams practicing Scrum with Kanban, which of the following can provide the most appropriate metrics for inspecting their flow?
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Scrum Teams using Kanban need to track which four metrics of flow?
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Which of the following is the best use of a Work Item Age chart?
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Which of the following helps Scrum Teams, that use Kanban, from exceeding their capacity limits?
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Work in Progress (WIP) is NOT considered a leading indicator for which of the following measures?
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What is the flow metric used to forecast the number of items that will be finished per unit of time.
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Which one of the following concepts does the Just-In-Time (JIT) method advocate?
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Which of the following practices is NOT included in Kanban for Scrum Teams?
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Who is best to decide if a Scrum Team should apply a Kanban strategy in their Scrum framework?
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In what ways can Work in Progress (WIP) limits help a Scrum Team?
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What can happen if the Scrum Team’s Work In Progress (WIP) Limit is not honored?
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Which of the indicators would be more helpful at the Daily Scrum?
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What might be discussed during the Sprint Retrospective if the Scrum Team is considering to use Kanban to complement their Scrum?
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Which of the following is NOT a metric of flow for Scrum Teams using Kanban?
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Which of the following is NOT true about cycle time when applied to Scrum?
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True or False: The Sprint length can be thought of as the team’s batch size with Scrum Teams using Kanban.
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True or False: Cycle Time is used as a leading indicator to determine the length of a certain Product Backlog Item’s feedback loop.
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True or False: The way the Developers approach the Sprint Goal at the Daily Scrum changes if they are using Kanban.
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True or False: ‘On-demand’ work item place holders are used in place of Sprint Goals for Scrum Teams using Kanban.
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True or False: The Scrum Team’s aim for predictable cycle time can seen by the Service Level Expectations (SLE) that they set to themselves.
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True or False: Components of the Scrum framework needs to be adapted when Scrum Teams start using Kanban.
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The Scrum Team’s Definition of Workflow includes descriptions of each state of a work item can be.

True or False: The various states of a work item described in the Definition of Workflow can only encompass flow inside of the Sprint. ie limited to the state of each column on the Developers’ Kanban board.
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True or False: The Service Level Expectations (SLE) is an agreement created during the Sprint Planning as a commitment to deliver certain work items by specified dates.
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True or False: The Sprint Retrospective is the only time in which the Work in Progress (WIP) Limit can change.
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True or False: A Scrum Team’s future output can be determined with Little’s Law.
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True or False: In Kanban, it is better to focus limits on the amount of value-generating work items than the number of tasks.
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True or False: In Scrum, the Developers are required to conform to the Definition of Done. When adding Kanban to Scrum, they will also need to conform to their Definition of Workflow.
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True or False: Releases are limited to the end of the Sprint cycle when Scrum Teams use Kanban.
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True or False: Kanban is a strategy that complements the Scrum framework with a pull system. The Scrum framework by itself also contains elements of a pull system.
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True or False: A result of having Work in Progress (WIP) limits is that it creates a pull system.
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True or False: Cycle time is considered a lagging indicator.
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True or False: Scrum Teams using Kanban can release anytime during a Sprint as well as multiple times during the Sprint.
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True or False: The primary purpose of measuring Work Item Age is to identify bottlenecks in the workflow that will need to be addressed.
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True or False: Using a flow-based perspective can enhance the Scrum events.
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True or False: The level of collaboration within a Scrum Team will likely reduce when applying Work in Progress (WIP) Limits.
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True or False: A leading indicator for the length of the feedback loop, for an in progress item, can be its Work Item Age.
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True or False: Kanban in a Scrum context does not require any additional events to those outlined in the Scrum Guide.
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True or False: Explicit policies applied at each state/column of the workflow can replace the need for a definition of “Done”.
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True or False: The Developers always have ownership of the definition of “Workflow” regardless of whether it encompasses flow inside and/or outside of the Sprint.
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