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1/5 · Kanban practices and Definition of Workflow
A newly formed Scrum Team has just defined its workflow but has no completed items yet. The next Sprint starts tomorrow and the team must still define its SLE. What should it do?
Apost a best guess, then replace it when enough data exists
Bleave the SLE blank until a full release has been delivered
Cborrow the SLE of another team that uses a similar board
Dset it equal to the Sprint length until measurements exist
Answer: A. The SLE is based on the team's historical cycle time and should be posted on the board. When no data exists, the team makes its best guess, then replaces the guess once enough data supports a proper calculation.
Source: The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018), Scrum.org, KanbanGuideST2018-p5, p. 5
Source: Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018) and Scrum Guide 2020
2/5 · Kanban practices and Definition of Workflow
During Sprint Planning the Developers want a data-based aid for deciding how much work to forecast for the coming Sprint. Which flow information would the Kanban Guide suggest?
Athe average age of items currently in progress
Bthe number of items finished in recent Sprints
Cthe SLE posted for the longest-running item
Dthe WIP count at the end of the last Sprint
Answer: B. A flow-based Sprint Planning uses flow metrics as an aid for the Sprint forecast, for example historical throughput to understand capacity for the next Sprint. Throughput is the exact count of finished items per unit of time.
Source: The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018), Scrum.org, KanbanGuideST2018-p7, p. 7
Source: Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018) and Scrum Guide 2020
3/5 · Kanban practices and Definition of Workflow
A team's board shows a column for each stage of its work. During the Sprint, members repeatedly disagree about when an item may be pulled from the review column into the next one. Which element of the Guide's visualization is most likely missing or unclear?
Aa policy that limits the amount of work in progress
Bexplicit policies about how work flows through each state
Ca definition of the work items flowing through the system
Ddefined points at which work is considered started and finished
Answer: B. The Guide says the board's visualization should include, among other things, "Explicit policies about how work flows through each state", which may include items from the Definition of Done and pull policies between stages. When members cannot agree on when to pull an item into the next stage, these per-state policies are not explicit enough. Start and finish points, work item definitions and WIP limits are other elements in the same list.
Source: The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams, Scrum.org and ProKanban.org, January 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, Definition of Workflow, p. 5
Source: Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018) and Scrum Guide 2020
4/5 · Kanban practices and Definition of Workflow · hard
On day four of a ten-day Sprint, the Developers finish a Product Backlog item that meets the Definition of Done. A stakeholder says it should be held back and shown for the first time in the Sprint Review. What is the correct view?
Athe item waits until the Sprint Review accepts the Increment for release
Bthe item returns to the Product Backlog until the Sprint Review has inspected it
Cthe item is released after the Scrum Master confirms it at the Sprint Review
Dthe item can be delivered to stakeholders right away, before the Sprint ends
Answer: D. The Kanban Guide calls it a common misconception that teams can only deliver value once per Sprint; they must deliver at least once per Sprint. The Scrum Guide adds that an Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint, that an Increment is born the moment an item meets the Definition of Done, and that "The Sprint Review should never be considered a gate to releasing value."
Source: The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams, Scrum.org and ProKanban.org, January 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, The Sprint, p. 7; The 2020 Scrum Guide, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Increment, p. 13
Source: Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018) and Scrum Guide 2020
5/5 · Kanban practices and Definition of Workflow
A Scrum Team starts using flow metrics and wants to discuss them every week. A member proposes adding a new formal flow review event to the Scrum framework. What does the Kanban Guide say?
Aa separate event for flow metrics is required once WIP limits exist
Bthe Daily Scrum is replaced by a board-based flow metrics meeting
Can extra flow metrics event is required after each Sprint Review
Dno additional events, with the metrics used in the existing ones
Answer: D. The Guide states: "Kanban in a Scrum context does not require any additional events to those outlined in The Scrum Guide." Using a flow-based perspective and metrics in Scrum's events strengthens Scrum's empirical approach.
Source: The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams, Scrum.org and ProKanban.org, January 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, Flow-Based Events, p. 7
Source: Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams (2018) and Scrum Guide 2020
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