SPS Quiz #2

Which are the two main purposes for refinement of the Product Backlog at scale?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Pulling items into the upcoming Nexus Sprint Backlog.
Determining which Product Backlog Items will go into which Sprint.
Forecasting which team will deliver which Product Backlog Items.
Identifying dependencies across the teams.
Assigning Product Backlog Items to the upcoming Sprint Backlogs.

Many dependencies exist when multiple teams collaborate to create a single integrated Increment. Which two structures are dependencies often related to?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Organizational structure
Communication structure
Frontend design structure
Product structure
Scrumboard structure

Which of the following are TRUE of the Nexus Integration Team?
(choose all that apply)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

It ensures the Nexus framework is understood and enacted as described in the Nexus Guide.
It addresses technical and non-technical cross-functional team constraints that may impede a Nexus.
It provides a focal point of integration for the Nexus.
It helps the Scrum Teams to adopt the necessary tools and practices to help them improve integration efforts.
It uses bottom-up intelligence from within the Nexus.
Membership in the Nexus Integration Team should not change.

Which techniques can help reduce dependencies when forming Scrum Teams in a Nexus?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Refine the Product Backlog until the items are sufficiently independent to be worked on by a single Scrum Team without excessive conflict.
Change the length of the Sprints according to the amount of dependencies.
Merge the teams when cross-team dependencies occur.
Have the Scrum Team members organize into teams to minimize cross-team dependencies.

Which of the following statements are TRUE if there are 3 Scrum Teams working on the same Product?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Each Scrum Team will have the same Product Owner. 1 Product Owner in total.
Each Scrum Team will have its own Product Owner. 3 Product Owners in total.
Each Scrum Team will create its own Sprint Backlog. 3 Sprint Backlogs in total.
Each Scrum Team will have its own Product Backlog. 3 Product Backlogs in total.

A company has 10 different products. Which of the following are acceptable ways of forming Scrum Teams?
(choose all that apply)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

There should be a Chief Product Owner and one Product Owner for each product.
Multiple Product Owners can share work across different Products.
5 Product Owners. Each Product Owner can be on more than one Product.
10 Product Owners. Each one dedicated to a product.
Each Product will have at least one Business Analysts reporting to a Lead Product Owner overseeing all Products.

Several Scrum Teams, in a Nexus, are working on a large product. What could happen if each Scrum Team is performing separate Sprint Reviews on their individual code branches?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Integration issues may still exist.
Incorrect assumptions might be about the actual state of the system.
Stakeholder feedback might not be transparent across the Nexus.
All of the above.
Increments created by the Scrum Teams might not be releasable.

A Nexus is a group of approximately how many Scrum Teams?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Not more than four Scrum Teams.
Four to five Scrum Teams.
Not more than eight Scrum Teams.
Three to nine Scrum Teams.

A scaled product initiative with multiple Scrum Teams has just begun. Jack and John, developers on the same Scrum Team, have concerns about who should ensure that their team is aligned with the other Scrum Teams and how should it be done. What would be the most appropriate advice to give Jack and John?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Have one team member attend the Daily Scrums of the other teams each day to inspect whether their work is aligned.
Teach Jack and John that it is their team’s responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment. How this is done is best decided collectively.
Ask Jack and John to collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan.
Ask the Product Owner to lead the developers in a way which would avoid overlap during a Sprint.

Which of the following is TRUE about the Nexus Sprint Backlog?

(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

It provides a single view of all the Product Backlog items in a Sprint.
All of the Above.
It highlight dependencies.
It enables teams to focus on the coordination between the teams to ensure the Nexus Sprint Goal is achieved.

Who is accountable for ensuring that a done Integrated Increment (the combined work completed by a Nexus) is produced at least once a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Product Owner.
The Scrum Master.
The individual Scrum Teams.
The Nexus Integration Team.

What are the benefits of self-management?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Creativity
Self-Accountability
Shared Ownership
Innovation
All of the above
Motivation
Commitment

What Nexus artifact is the sum of all work planned for the Sprint and continuously refined throughout its implementation?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Sprint Backlog
The Definition of Done
The Product Backlog
The Nexus Sprint Backlog

In a Nexus, when can the Increment be truly considered ‘done’?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

When it is integrated, valuable, and usable.
When the Sprint time-box ends.
When the Nexus Sprint Review is finished.
Only when it is released to production.

Can the Scrum Teams use their own Definition of Done within a Nexus?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

No, they cannot.
Yes, they can but the criteria should be more rigorous than agreed upon for the Increment.
Yes, they can. The criteria can be less rigorous than agreed upon for the Increment if their velocity is less than other Scrum Teams’ velocity.
Yes the can. The criteria can be more or less rigorous depending on the impact on the Scrum Team’s velocity.

Who has overall responsibility for ensuring the Nexus framework is understood and enacted?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Scrum Master from the Nexus Integration Teams.
The Product Owner from the Nexus Integration Team.
The Scrum Masters from the individual Scrum Teams.
Developers in the individual Scrum Teams.
The Director of Engineering.

How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first.
Each Scrum Team should pull an equal number of items .
The Product Owner decides which items belong to which teams.
The members from the Scrum Teams pull work in agreement with the Product Owner and other teams.
The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog.

Who is responsible for ensuring the Nexus Sprint Retrospective occurs after each Nexus Sprint Review?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Scrum Master on the Nexus Integration Team
The Nexus Integration Team
Any Scrum Master from the Nexus
The Development Teams

Which role has overall responsibility for ensuring the Nexus framework is understood and enacted?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Director of Engineering
The Agile Coach
The Scrum Master from the Nexus Integration Team
The Lead Developers
The PMO

Which of the following is TRUE of the Nexus Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

It complements the individual Scrum Teams’ Sprint Retrospective by using top-down intelligence.
It is complemented by the individual Scrum Teams’ Retrospectives by using bottom-up intelligence.
It replaces the individual Scrum Teams’ Retrospectives.
It is treated separately from the individual Scrum Teams’ Retrospectives.

If two Scrum Teams are added to a product that previously had only one Scrum Team, what is the immediate impact on the productivity of the original Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Productivity of the original team is likely to decrease.
Overall productivity is likely to increase.
Productivity of the original team is likely to stay the same.

How should multiple Scrum Teams create a ‘done’ Increment that is potentially shippable within a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

For each Sprint, all Scrum Teams have a ‘done’ Increment that is an integration of all ‘done’ work from the other teams on the initiative. The sum of all completed Increments is the Increment for that product.
Each Scrum Team delivers ‘done’ Increments in its own area of responsibility. These increments are integrated into a whole product during stabilization prior to release.
Each Scrum Team provides a separate Increment that includes the functionality of that team.
Functionality not integrated with the work of other Scrum Teams may be delivered as unintegrated increments. This demonstrates the value created by the Scrum Teams unable to completely integrate their individual work in the Sprint.

What impacts the number, frequency and duration of Cross-Team Refinement of the Product Backlog?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Number of items in the Product Backlog
How well large items in the Product Backlog are decomposed into smaller ones
Dependencies and uncertainty inherent in the Product Backlog
Clarity of items in the Product Backlog

Which of the following would be the most important concern when having Developers from multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog in a Nexus?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

How to ensure there’s always enough work for everyone.
Ensuring all Product Backlog items have clear definition of requirements.
How to minimize dependencies between Scrum Teams.
How to meet the planned project scope within the deadline.

How should multiple Scrum Teams, working in a Nexus, deliver a ‘done’ Increment in a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

For each Sprint, all Scrum Teams have a ‘done’ Increment that is the sum of all completed work for the Sprint plus all previous Increments combined.
Each Scrum Team provides a unique “Done” Increment that includes the team’s added functionality.
Each Scrum Team delivers “Done” Increments of its own domain. These increments are integrated into a whole product during stabilization prior to release.
Functionality not integrated with the work of other Scrum Teams may be delivered as unintegrated Increments. This demonstrates the value created by the Scrum Teams unable to completely integrate their Increments.

Who is responsible for maximizing the value of Integrated Increment created by the Nexus?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Product Owner.
The Nexus Integration Team.
The Scrum Master.
The Developers in the Scrum Teams.

Can individual Scrum Teams work from its own Definition of Done within a Nexus?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Yes, as long as it’s as stringent or more than the minimum agreed upon Definition of Done.
No, the Definition of Done created by the least experienced Scrum Team must be followed by all teams at a minimum.
Yes, the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done must be crafted to ensure that each team can have the same velocity.
No, the Definition of Done created by the most experienced Scrum Team must be followed by all teams at a minimum.

Which of the following Nexus event helps Scrum Teams to make dependencies transparent, identified across teams, and removed or minimized?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Cross-Team Refinement of the Product Backlog.
Nexus Sprint Retrospective.
Nexus Daily Scrum.
Nexus Sprint Review.

Which of the following is TRUE about the Nexus Sprint Backlog?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

It is the Nexus Integration Team’s plan for the Sprint.
There is no such thing as a Nexus Sprint Backlog.
Items with cross-team dependencies are moved from the Scrum Team Sprint Backlogs to the Nexus Sprint Backlog.
The Nexus Sprint Backlog highlights dependencies and the flow of work during the Sprint.

What is the time-box for the Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

20 minutes.
30 minutes.
15 minutes for part 1 and 15 minutes for part 2.
Nexus events must be of an appropriate length to facilitate the Scrum Events as defined in the Scrum framework.

There are 5 teams working in a Nexus. Every Sprint they spend time waiting for other teams to progress far enough to where they can begin integrating. The process of integration is also very tedious and time consuming. Which of the following can help the Nexus in creating Integrated Increments more effectively?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Exploratory Testing.
Behavior Driven Development.
Automated acceptance testing.
Continuous Integration.

Which of the following is not part of the Nexus framework?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Nexus Daily Scrum.
Nexus Integration Sprint.
Nexus Sprint Review.
Nexus Sprint Planning.

Which of the following activities occurs during Nexus Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The Nexus inspects how the last Sprint went with regards to individuals, teams, interactions, processes, tools, and its Definition of Done.
The Nexus Integration Team addresses technical and non-technical cross-functional team constraints.
Appropriate representatives from each Scrum Team and the Product Owner meet to plan the Sprint.
The Nexus presents the results of their work to key stakeholder.

How is the Nexus Daily Scrum related to the Daily Scrum of each Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Information from the Nexus Daily Scrum can be used as input to towards each Scrum Team’s Daily Scrum.
These events are separate and independent of each other.

A six team Nexus is developing a full-featured ecommerce application. There are different parts of the application that only certain Scrum Teams can work on. In fact, there are some highly specialized individuals outside the Nexus that are required for some of the work. In past Sprints the Nexus encountered challenges dealing with the many dependencies between Scrum Teams. Some individual Scrum Teams in this Nexus have said that they do not see how the work they are doing is contributing to the product’s progress. What is the best remedy for this situation?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Ask the Scrum Master to explain to the teams that the Product Owner can choose which features to work on, as she has the final say.
During Nexus Sprint Planning, have all the teams plan the Sprint together in one room, so they can see what other teams are working on.
During Nexus Sprint Planning, have each individual Scrum Team create a Sprint Goal that describes the purpose of the Sprint
During Nexus Sprint Planning, create and communicate the Nexus Sprint Goal to all Scrum Teams that describes the shared purpose of the Nexus.

Which of the following can impact how well a team can monitor and minimize dependencies?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

The velocity of the Scrum Teams.
The Product Owner’s attendance at the Daily Scrums.
The level of artifact transparency.
The Scrum Master’s ability to understand the technology.

Team A and Team B are Scrum Teams. Team C is the Nexus Integration Team. Who is responsible for performing the work of integrating?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Team A
Team A, B and Team C
Team C
Team A and Team B

How does a Nexus evolve its Definition of Done over time?

(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Discuss the Definition of Done at the Nexus Sprint Retrospectives, and include any changes for the next Sprint.
Have the Nexus Integration Team decide on changes to the Definition of Done and communicate to teams when they will take effect.
At scale, the Definition of Done is owned by the larger development organization, and changes will be communicated by stakeholders.
Have the Scrum Masters decide on changes to the Definition of Done and communicate to teams when they will take effect.

How many Sprint Backlogs should a Nexus have?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

A single Sprint Backlog is shared across multiple teams.
Each Scrum Team will have its own Sprint Backlog.
It depends on the number of Scrum Teams. Typically, a single Sprint Backlog will be shared by at least two Scrum Teams in the Nexus.

A newly formed Nexus with five Scrum Teams has been created to work on a scaled product initiative. Developers from several Scrum Teams are asking the Scrum Master how they should coordinate their work with the other teams. Which would be the best response?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Consolidate each of the teams’ forecast from their Sprint Planning into a single project plan to be followed for the Sprint.
Have the Nexus Integration Team visit all teams daily to observe cross-team dependencies and prioritize each teams’ work.
Coach the Scrum Teams and its members that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an Integrated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
Coach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way that eliminates dependencies between Scrum Teams.

SPS Quiz #2

June 28, 2022

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