A manufacturing shop is using Kanban to plan, visualize workflow, and limit work in process (WIP). Which productivity key performance indicator (KPI) should the team lead be monitoring on a regular basis?
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?
An agile team often fails to deliver its sprint goal. At a sprint retrospective, the more experienced team members complain that the less experienced team members are working too slowly. This creates tension in the team.
What should the scrum master do to remove this tension?
A company president is concerned about the impact of a natural disaster on the company. How should management identify areas to apply its resources and mitigate potential impacts?
An executive notices a kanban board in a highly visible location and expresses concerns to the project manager that too many people will see it. What should the project manager do?
Unable to meet a sprint's committed velocity, an agile team approaches the agile coach to define the next sprint's velocity. What should the agile coach advise?
A Scrum team is visualizing the blockers that arise when they work on their activities on the kanban board. The team decided to analyze why the blockers occur so they can take action to minimize their occurrence and reduce lead times.
Which practices should the team use?
A senior team member feels underutilized. What should the agile practitioner do?