Agile Coaching

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Agile coaching is a process where an experienced Agile practitioner assists a team or an organization in adopting Agile principles and practices. The coach focuses on delivering value to the organization by improving team dynamics, productivity, and product quality. The role of an Agile coach encap…

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Question 1

As an Agile Coach, you observe that communication and collaboration are lacking in the team. What should you do to foster a collaborative environment?

Introduce a hierarchy, assigning decision-making powers to higher-ranking individuals. Ignore the issue and let the team figure it out themselves. Promote open and honest communication, while facilitating team-building activities. Restrict interactions to formal meetings only. Punish team members who do not communicate effectively. Assign all the work individually, eliminating the need for frequent communication.

Correct Answer: Promote open and honest communication, while facilitating team-building activities.

The correct answer encourages open communication and fosters a sense of trust and camaraderie among team members. The other choices either decrease the level of collaboration or ignore the core issue.

Question 2

As an Agile Coach, your team struggles with completing tasks during the last days of the sprint. What approach should you take to address the problem?

Reduce the quality requirements for the product. Assign more tasks to the team members with higher productivity. Adjust the sprint goals midway through the sprint. Extend the sprint duration. Ignore the problem and move on to the next sprint. Facilitate a discussion on improving the team's focus, estimates, and prioritization.

Correct Answer: Facilitate a discussion on improving the team's focus, estimates, and prioritization.

The correct answer focuses on improving the team's core Agile practices to help them successfully complete tasks on time. The wrong answers either involve deviating from Agile principles or ignoring the problem entirely.

Question 3

Your team is having difficulty estimating the effort required for user stories. What should an Agile Coach do to help the team?

Discourage the team from discussing different estimation perspectives. Delegate story estimation tasks to the project manager. Eliminate the use of story points entirely. Increase the number of story points assigned to each story. Ask team members to complete user stories as quickly as possible, regardless of accuracy. Introduce techniques like planning poker and provide guidance on how to use them.

Correct Answer: Introduce techniques like planning poker and provide guidance on how to use them.

An Agile Coach should empower the team by providing tools and techniques to enable better decision-making. The correct answer encourages collaboration and learning which should result in more accurate estimations. The other choices do not address the core problem.

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