An agile lead is experienced with predictive and agile approaches. The agile lead was recently invited by human resources (HR) to be part of a learning team. During roundtable discussions with the project management team, the agile lead states: "I foster a safe environment for disagreement so my team feels empowered to move forward without obstacles."
What is the agile lead attempting to highlight?
When prioritizing features to be delivered in an iteration, on what features should an agile team defer work?
A project team member expresses frustration about the length of time it takes to make decisions for a complex project. Approvals needs to happen at many levels in the company.
What should the team lead do to improve decision quality and reduce the time required to make decisions?
Members of an agile team are complaining that user stories are too large, taking multiple sprints to complete them. They say this way of working is becoming difficult to handle and it has been challenging to map relationships between stories. This situation is affecting the value delivery for the product owner.
What should the scrum master do to handle this situation?
In an adaptive environment, project managers use their skills and expertise to help the team adapt to changing circumstances and deliver to their stakeholders. While some agile practitioners may argue that the role of a project manager is not needed in self-organizing teams, pragmatic agile practitioners and organizations recognize that project managers can add benefit in many situations. The key difference is that their roles and responsibilities may look somewhat different in an adaptive environment.
What are some of the practices a project manager can bring to an adaptive environment?
During a six-week iteration, an issue is identified by a team member. After analysis, the team member determines that it will take at least two weeks to resolve. What should the team member do?
After some iterations, the agile practitioner observes that the team is self-organizing in small knowledge silos. Which action should be taken regarding the team's behavior?
The productivity of an agile team has fallen significantly in the last sprint. The team members have not mentioned any impediments but seem to be fatigued.
What should the agile practitioner do?
An agile practitioner wants to communicate the effect of technical debt on the project What should the practitioner do?
A team member is stressed due to a heavy workload, while other team members have some slack in their schedules How should the team lead address this?
