PMP Questions agile page 14

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Projects operating in agile environments where a high degree of uncertainty exists and where the scope is not yet fully defined, may not benefit from detailed cost calculations due to frequent changes. Instead, lightweight estimation methods can be used to generate a fast, high-level forecast of project labor costs, which can then be easily adjusted as changes arise. Detailed estimates are:

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Reserved for short-term planning horizons in a just-in-time fashion.

Never developed in an agile project.

Only developed if the project stakeholders allow the project manager to do so.

Developed early during the project but are never updated due to frequent changes.

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PMP Question No 1079 - Scope

132.

How does time-boxing help minimize scope creep in agile projects?

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It forces the team to create project WBS using the user stories.

It forces the sponsor to allocate a Scrum master who helps in eliminating scope creep.

It forces the team to process essential features first, then other features.

It forces the team to convert the user stories into epics.

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PMP Question No 1097 - All Domains

133.

A number of teams are developing an enterprise system using the agile approach for product development. Which of the following is a major risk item for such a complex project being performed in an agile environment?

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Number of interconnected dependencies between the features developed by different teams.

Number and size of teams developing the larger features.

Scope definition and freezing early during the planning phase.

Emphasis on schedule control over risk management.

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PMP Question No 1246 - All Domains

134.

The agile technique of on-demand scheduling is not suitable when:

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Product deliverables can be incrementally developed.

Project requirements can be decomposed into smaller chunks that are relatively similar in size and scope.

Project tasks can be bundled by size and scope.

The use of a predictive lifecycle is mandated by the customer.

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PMP Question No 1271 - All Domains

135.

Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule based on the project roadmap. Agile release planning also determines the number of iterations required for the product development. These iterations are also known as:

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Epics

Kanbans

Sprints

Phases

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PMP Question No 1401 - All Domains

136.

Lucy is managing a website development project in an agile environment. She wants to create a burndown chart to present the project’s progress to the stakeholders. She adds a diagonal line representing the ideal burndown and a line for daily actual remaining work. She now needs to show the likely variance at the iteration completion. What should she do?

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Add a forecast trend line to the ideal burndown line

Add a correlation line between the daily actual remaining work and the ideal burndown

Add a forecast trend line to the daily actual remaining work

Add a median line between the daily actual remaining work and the ideal burndown

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PMP Question No 1423 - All Domains

137.

In projects where there is a gap between the real business requirements and the stated business requirements, agile methods are extremely helpful. Agile methods provide a solution to this problem by:

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Purposefully building and reviewing prototypes and release versions to refine requirements.

Completing the project quickly so that gap is significantly reduced.

Replacing the project manager with a Scrum master in order to expedite the project.

Eliminating the documentation altogether from the project management approach.

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