29th September'23 - ACP Answer File - Daily Q&A
29th September'23 - ACP Answer File - Daily Q&A
Question - 1
Q. When you divide the team into small groups and keep the people who worked closely with each
other together, you are creating:
A. ESVP groups
B. Affinity groups
C. Lean groups
D. Pareto groups.
Answer: B - When you divide the team into small groups and keep the people who worked closely
with each other together, you are creating affinity groups. [Derby, E. and Larsen, D., 2006. Agile
Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. 1st ed. Texas: Pragmatic Bookshelf, Page 51]
[Continuous Improvement]
Question - 2
Q. Chris will be conducting an introduction to Agile workshop in the next few days. On one of the
slides, he put a number of areas that Agile teams highly value. The list included customer
collaboration, working software, responding to change and attention to detail. What mistake did
Chris make?
Answer: B - “Attention to detail” is not a value of the Agile Manifesto. Chris has incorrectly showed
“Attention to detail” as a value instead of showing “Individuals and Interactions”. [Agile Practice
Guide, 1st edition, Page 8] [Continuous Improvement]
Question - 3
A. Many Agile frameworks and approaches do not address the role of the project manager.
B. Pragmatic Agile practitioners realize that project managers can add significant value in many
situations.
D. The role of the project manager has been clearly articulated in many Agile frameworks.
Answer: D - Although pragmatic Agile practitioners realize that project managers can add significant
value in many situations, the role of the project manager has not been clearly articulated in many
Agile frameworks. Many Agile frameworks and approaches do not address the role of the project
manager. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 37] [Agile Principles and Mindset]
Question - 4
Q. Forecasting velocity based on the observed velocity on a project generally produces reliable
estimates. If the project team has completed its first three iterations and the observed velocity was
20 story points per iteration (on average), what would be a reasonable estimate of velocity for the
fourth iteration?
Answer: B - The cone of uncertainty can be used to calculate the ranges of the estimates. If the team
has completed the first iteration, the multipliers are 0.6 and 1.6. If the team has completed two
iterations, the multipliers are 0.8 and 1.25. If the team has completed three iterations, the
multipliers are 0.85 and 1.15. [Cohn, M., 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning. 1st ed. Massachusetts:
Pearson Education. Page 178] [Team Performance]
Question - 5
Q. You are leading an Agile project. The team has proposed using a Kanban board to manage the
team’s work in progress and spot bottlenecks. The following work flow has been agreed on for the
Kanban board: Ready -> Develop and Unit Test -> Dev-Done -> System Test -> Done. If the team
wants to limit its WIP, where are these limits shown on the board?
Answer: D - On a Kanban board, the work in progress (WIP) limits are shown at the top of each
column. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 66] [Value driven Delivery]