PMI-200 Exam Dumps - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

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Question # 137

A team is building a product in three-week iterations. During the last retrospective, it was identified that there was a 20 percent increase from previous iterations in the number of reported defects and change requests.

Since this is causing the product's value to decrease, what should the team do?

Reevaluate the duration of the cycles, as faster cycles may allow for earlier detection of defects.

Run a sprint to clear all reported defects before taking new stories.

Change the control mechanism so that items are better tested before delivery.

Increase the opportunities to confirm common understanding with the client.

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Question # 138

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?

Ownership, because team members will be in charge of whatever happens during the project life cycle.

Conflict is not productive and team members should resolve issues by themselves.

Better decision-making, because the team is encouraged to join in constructive conflict.

Leaders should incentivize conflict because it is inevitable in the workplace.

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Question # 139

A Scrum Master would like to provide information to key stakeholders on the daily resource and project activities. Which tool should the Scrum Master use to provide these updates?

Shared vision statement and sprint goal

Release burnup chart

Velocity metrics

Iteration burndown chart

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Question # 140

Prior to a retrospective, discussions among team members indicate conflict. An agile practitioner wants to ensure an open and safe environment during the retrospective.

What should the agile practitioner do?

Review established ground rules with the team

Ask team members specific questions to identify the cause

Encourage the team to continue working to maintain the iteration's schedule

Meet with the product owner and stakeholders to discuss the issue

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Question # 141

In several recent agile team status meetings, there have been discussions about increases in costly bugs and late product deliveries, resulting in lower quality and higher costs. Team members feel they spend too much time in planning and process meetings, then feel rushed to complete their work.

How should the agile lead implement an effective and efficient solution?

Review the quality assurance and control processes with the team to ensure that even new team members understand the service level agreement (SLA) made with the customer.

Suggest the team commit to a 2-month trial using Kanban. Focus on delivering value to the customer using pull criteria before advancing work. The team will have planning meetings as needed with no special meetings about the process.

Hire a consultant team to perform a root cause analysis, which will determine the fundamental issues from both perspectives, then meet with the team to determine the best method to get the project back on track.

Work with the team to create a spike story for the next iteration to investigate the issue. Create a plan to get the project back on track and present it at the next status meeting to gain stakeholder acceptance.

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Question # 142

The product owner of a team starts the iteration review with a quick walkthrough of the iteration goal, the list of planned stories with status and a demo of all the stories to the business. What should the product owner have done differently?

Demonstrated only the completed stories and seek stakeholder feedback

Presented the budget situation and review the cost variance

Reviewed the test results to gam confidence from the stakeholders

Presented a demo of all the stones including the work in progress stories

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Question # 143

Toward the end of a project the product owner discovers that the project has a high probability of failure due to a critical feature not functioning as expected What should the product owner do?

Terminate the project to cut losses

Review possible options and make an informed decision to cut losses based on delivered business value

Bring in experts to increase the probability of success

Continue the project release the product without the failing feature and fix the feature in a subsequent release

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Question # 144

Some members of an agile project team work remotely, so it is difficult to have regular face-to-face backlog grooming sessions. How should the agile practitioner ensure that the team is able to reduce miscommunication and rework in this environment?

Understand the physical and virtual communication needs of the team and plan agile events based on the majority of the team members' needs.

Escalate with senior management and ensure that everyone on the project team is physically colocated for all planned agile events.

Invest in technology-collaboration tools to enable effective communication and ensure a common understanding of the scope, issues, and solutions.

Recognize the different communication styles of the stakeholders and take a vote on the best approach that will work for the team.

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