During the project initiation stage, a team has estimated story points for all user stories. When the project team explained the minimum marketable feature (MMF), however, they were not confident that the solution would actually work.
What can the team do to better manage this situation?
A project was delivered in a foreign country for a big customer, but there are a lot of complaints about the way the functionality was implemented. Now there is a new project to fix the defects of the first one.
What strategy should be used to deliver it successfully?
A team is transitioning from a predictive approach to an agile approach Historically, the team has delivered work products that did not meet customer expectations.
What agile practice can help the team to alleviate this?
A large, corporate organization is forced to hire new team members in a geographically remote location from the current team. The manager of the department is concerned about the team not being colocated.
What behavior would indicate the team is not working well together?
In a project, the customer asks for a requirement that clearly deviates from the contract terms. How should the contractor react?
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?
At an iteration review, the product owner indicated that the work delivered did not meet expectations. The project team is surprised.
How should this situation have been prevented?
A member of the development team displays disrespectful behavior and continuously argues with colleagues. This is negatively impacting team morale.
Which action should the scrum master take to resolve this situation?