PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

You’ve created a cohesive team with open communication. The team feels comfortable identifying risk and analyzing each risk to determine severity. What should be the next step in an effective risk management strategy?

What helps determine of the right product is being built in an Agile project?

You’re prioritizing requirements in the product backlog, and evaluating potential products features that would excite the customer and create value. You prioritize them according to several categories. |w What model are you use?

You’ve done well creating and shaping a self-led Agile team. But in a sprint review, two team members have a heated discussion on the approach of their development. What should you do?

An Agile team just finished a new version of the software. The team is monitoring the system for errors. They look at changes in user data and traffic volume. They review the results with the customer. What are they trying to accomplish?

During a Scrum meeting, Chen is listening and paying attention to the speaker’s perspective. He can empathize and picking up on facial expressions and gestures, as well as the pitch and tone. Which level of listening does this scenario represent?

You have a strong-willed individual on your Agile team. He likes control and wants to be the solution to every issue. He is opinionated and confrontational. What can help?

Dave is a ScrumMaster and aims to provide transparency regarding work status by communicating team progress, work quality, impediments, and risks in order to help the primary stakeholders make informed decisions. He wants to keep the stakeholders aware of how the increased scope has impacted the goals of the project. Which information radiator should be used?

Who authorizes the project and signs the project charter in an Agile project?

What can you conclude with this |h %5coutput%5ct14%5cmisc%5cp126.html burn down chart?

After the customer adds new features, you’ve completed the value-based analysis of prioritization for the next few iterations. You are estimating how long each iteration will take. What should you do next?

You are estimating the work effort with a range of variance, in an Agile project. Your team is using experiments and innovation to close the cone of uncertainty. You explain and show key stakeholders the planning results in order to increase commitment level and reduce uncertainty. Which term best describes this activity?

What tool is represented in the |h %5coutput%5ct18%5cmisc%5cp143.html image?

You just hired a remote member from a different country to join your Agile team. You want to continue daily collaborative communication. What’s the best type of communication channel you should encourage?

There’s a member from an Agile team from an entirely different project asking one of Williams team members for an update. He’s curious how the project is going and continually distracts the team. He comes to you as a confidant and you both walk through different scenarios of handling the situation, with him concluding he knows what to do. What type of support is this?

David is working on home food delivery system for vendors and restaurants. The customer is happy with app interface but wants to leverage Google Maps to show all the vendors in the region. The stakeholders agree that this adds value to the customer and needs to be part of the project. David and her team are working on the next iteration. What should David do?

An Agile team continues to introduce errors in the code because they are not following coding conventions, even though they know and have been reminded of the standard procedures. The velocity of the team is decreasing. What type of cause is this?

You have a UX designer on your Agile team. He’s knows that UX designs start from the end-user, but he also understands the business objectives the team is trying to meet. Has practice and experience to deliver high quality of work. What level of the Dreyfus model is represented?

Phil is on a project that has been off track. After last sprint, there were number of major issues identified. What’s should change for the next sprint planning?

Senior leaders and sponsors are considering a project that will need $120,000 to complete but will generate $50,000, $60,000, and $70,000, in the first 3 years, respectively. The target rate of return is 15%. What is the net present value (NPV)?

Juan is on an Agile team that supports the decisions made by the product owner to determine the features that should go in a release. They also set expectations and inspect all aspects of quality. How can the ScrumMaster empower the team?

Your evolving project is consistently changing in scope and requirements. There are several uncertainties. What are the reasons adaptive planning is the best approach in this project?

What is the process for stakeholder management?

Niles lead an Agile team. They worked on a highly complex project which derailed at the last minute. They are in a Sprint retrospective and individuals are blaming others. The stakeholders were not kept informed. What approach should Niles take to maximize value to the customer, on a similar size project next time around?

Emma and Ali have had heated discussion about how to implement a feature. Emma has more experience, but Ali has worked longer on the project. Emma has left the conversation numerous times. They’ve tried to come up with alternative solutions but have yet to mutually agree. This conflict is causing delays with the sprint and will have a knock-on effect to the next iteration. What’s the best approach to resolve this conflict?

Susan is working alongside another developer. She codes while her teammate watches. They work through pieces of developing the code and testing. What approach is Susan implementing?

What is true about working agreements?

You have 4 stories, the highest priority story A, has 5 points. The next priority B has 10 points. C has 5, and finally the lowest priority D has 10. |w Your team’s velocity is 10. How would you group the stories in iterations?

What is the most common tool for process analysis?

Which meeting should not be attended by the stakeholders?

What is a principle of Lean?

As the leaders of an Agile project team, you need to embrace an emergent leadership role. How best should you support your team?

Your team has found a defect. What should you do next to create value to the customer?

There were more bugs in the code than expected, and the team is not meeting their targets. Joe introduces a 15 min daily standup. What is Joe doing, and why?

Why do you need to set work-in-progress limits when scheduling your Agile project?

The system upgrade process must roll back all related updates if the upgrade fails. What type of requirement does this represent?

What is the defect rate?

If you were aligning to the Agile Manifesto, which aspect would you value?

Sprint planning is a collaborative effort involving several stakeholders, including the ScrumMaster, the product owner, and the scrum team. In a sprint review meeting, a customer has been invited to attend. Why would this be important?

Mary notices an increase number of bottlenecks in the team. The developers are waiting on the testers, and the QA folks. She wants to avoid bottlenecks and create a high-functional team. What should Mary do?

What is the title of the project manager in an XP development project?

During a Daily Scrum, you are helping ensure that everyone on the team has a common understanding of the values and principles of Agile, you’ve covered aspects including satisfying the customer and working together. What is another Agile principle?

Sam is collaborating with the customer for feedback for the development team. The product is of lower quality than the customer expected. He knows there are long term implications. In order to reduce overall cost of incremental development, what should he do?

Which one of the following is NOT an example of task boards?

You’re close to the end of a project and you are reviewing the risk burn down chart. You continue to communicate the status of threats and issues. One stakeholder questions the why the risk contingency reserve are still at the same levels the start of the project. What is the most common cause?

What’s is another term for secondary risk?

What is a common dysfunction in an Agile team?

You are a project manager in a large company that has very detailed documentation. They also provide a large process framework for sponsored projects. What is the best way to tailor the processes to optimize value delivery?

You want to display visual information to customers and project stakeholders. Ideally, you see work to be done, work-in-progress, and completed work. What tool would be best in this scenario?

A new hire has only experience with traditional project management. You are asked to discuss the Agile values in order to develop a shared mindset across the team. What would you tell her about Agile project management?

Which of the following is a self-assessment tools or techniques?

You and your team are co-located with another Scrum team. Even though there’s no current need for collaborating directly with them, you will likely need to in future. Which communication method is the best approach in this scenario?

As a project manager, what can help you foster innovation, collaboration, and creativity on team?

You are reviewing the financial metrics of a potential project. You consider the percent of the benefit of the investment to the money invested. Which metric does this represent?

In drafting a project charter, you’ve identified the stakeholders, the goal of the project, start and end dates, the location, and the project methodology. What is missing?

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