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The principle of 'deliver fast' pushes teams to aim for shorter delivery cycles. The main objective is to deliver a working product to the customer as swiftly as possible, so defects are found quickly and product value is realized sooner. By breaking complex projects into manageable tasks that can …

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Question 1

A team has been falling behind in delivering features on a continuous basis. The project manager insists that they must deliver more features faster. What is a practical way to address this issue?

Correct Answer: Analyze possible bottlenecks and identify improvements to increase team efficiency.

To address the issue, it's important to analyze possible bottlenecks and identify improvements to increase team efficiency. This directly addresses the root cause of the problem and helps the team deliver faster in the long run.

Question 2

Your team has gotten into the rhythm of delivering increments regularly, but the testing phase has been conventionally slow, hence slowing the speed of delivery. What would you propose?

Correct Answer: Integrate automated testing into the delivery pipeline to speed up the process and ensure the quality.

The most effective way to accelerate the testing phase without jeopardizing the quality is to integrate automated testing into the delivery pipeline. Automated testing allows for quicker, more frequent, and reliable tests, thereby accelerating delivery speed and ensuring the quality of the product. On the other hand, testing only the most important features or testing less frequently (the proposals given in other answers) can result in a product of lower quality, as some bugs or issues may be missed. Asking developers to test each other's code could speed up the process somewhat, but it does not ensure the impartiality and thoroughness of a proper testing phase. Therefore, integrating automated testing into the delivery pipeline presents the best solution in this context.

Question 3

During a sprint review meeting, the team realized that their backlogs are heavy and the delivery speed has slowed down. Which is the best Agile approach to handle this situation?

Correct Answer: Improve the refinement process by breaking down user stories to smaller, manageable tasks.

In Agile, slowing delivery speed and heavily loaded backlogs indicate a need for modification in the refinement process. This means the user stories need to be broken down into smaller, manageable tasks to ensure efficient progress. Increasing workload, as mentioned in one of the incorrect answers, would likely place further stress on the team and not necessarily result in efficiency. Delaying the next sprint, another incorrect option, is not a feasible solution as it goes against the Agile principle of maintaining a constant pace of development. Lastly, decreasing team size may not necessarily improve the situation; on the contrary, it could potentially slow the process down even further due to less manpower.

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