You manage a development organization. The organization currently rewards individual performance bonuses to only a few top-performers on a yearly basis. As a result, only one member of a team might get a bonus, while all others get nothing. Some of your teams feel that this is unfair since everyone on a team contributes to the success or failure to achieve goals. They would like to move toward team bonuses. What do you think needs to be done? (choose the best answer)
In Agile, success is the result of collective effort, and team-based rewards encourage collaboration and a shared sense of responsibility. When bonuses are allocated based on individual performance, it can create competition within teams, which may lead to disengagement or reduced teamwork. Allowing the team to split the bonus reinforces the Agile values of collaboration, trust, and transparency.
What measure does NOT provide relevant or useful information about a team's ability to deliver value to the user/customer in the future? (choose the best answer)
Story points are a measure of effort, not value. While tracking story points can help gauge team velocity, it does not provide insights into how much value is being delivered to the customer. The other options focus on value or quality, which are more relevant in Agile for ensuring future delivery capabilities.
A Scrum Team is finding it difficult to get work done since team members are distracted by being pulled away to take care of work requested by other teams. The team has been regularly failing to deliver on their Sprint Goals. As a Manager, if the Scrum Team asks you for help, what should you do to solve this problem? (choose the best two answers)
To help the Scrum Team focus on their work, it's essential to remove distractions and interruptions. By re-assigning the unrelated work to other teams and ensuring the Sprint Goals are realistic, the Scrum Team can better focus on delivering value. Making Sprints longer or extending them compromises the Agile framework.
True or False: The most important function of an Agile manager is to set goals and hold people accountable for their commitments.
In Agile, the focus is on empowering teams to set their own goals and take accountability for their work. The manager's role is to facilitate, support, and remove impediments rather than enforcing accountability or setting strict goals.
Value stream mapping is a useful technique to: (choose the best answer)
Value stream mapping is a Lean technique that helps identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and non-value-adding activities in a process. This tool is commonly used to improve processes and increase the efficiency of value delivery in Agile and Lean environments.
