Quiziz Week 3 Day 3

Halfway into a software development project, your most experienced programmer resigns leaving only two programmers.The previously planned response to this risk is to acquire a programmer from another project manager, with whom you are not well acquainted. What is the best way for you to handle this situation?

• Escalate to the project sponsor
• Ask the remaining two programmers to work overtime to cover the gap
• Use your soft skills
• Use your authority as a project manager and demand the release of the other programmer

An agile team is developing a product for a customer. In the last few iterations, the team members spent extra hourscreating product documentation and reviewing the contracts with the customer. How would the team's time been better spent?

• Reporting the extra hours in the company's time and attendance tools
• Building features according to the initial project management plan
• Creating the product increment and working with the product owner
• Developing functionality as requested by the project sponsor

You are preparing for an upcoming software development project. The project will be initiated and planned using apredictive approach, while the development team will use Kanban. A budget has been established for training, and you need to determine how to allocate those funds. What is your best course of action?

• Provide training to transform T-shaped people into I-shaped people
• Deliver training to convert I-shaped people into T-shaped people
• Train the team on how to best prioritize the features to be developed
• To promote sustainable development

A project manager is introducing agile values to a newly formed team. The team is assigned to develop a new softwareapplication using the eXtreme Programming (XP) method. The project manager explains that agile approaches are value-driven in two ways: one way is focusing on features that provide the highest value to the customer. Which of the following did the project manager most likely mention as another way of agile approaches, unique to XP, tobe value-driven?

• Promote the company's success and prosperity
• Endorse courage, respect, and communication
• Respect practitioners from different cultures
• Encourage use of the best technology

The members of an agile team have been very productive for the last four sprints and performed as a well-organized unit.However, the current sprint is much more complex with many technical difficulties. Two team members have spent daysarguing over the best technical approach to develop the product, while the rest of the team were quiet and disinterested. Where is the team on Tuckman's ladder during the current sprint?

• Swarming
• Storming
• Performing
• Conflicting

An agile team has been working overtime for the last few iterations. The project manager has decided that from now on theteam should maintain a 40-hour work week. What is the most likely reason behind the project manager's decision?

• To maximize the amount of work not done
• To minimize the amount of work in progress
• To deliver working software frequently
• To promote sustainable development

Four developers have been acquired with a time and materials contract on a software development project. Duringproject execution, the project manager notices that the developers work fewer hours than anticipated, resulting in theproject to fall behind schedule. The project manager contracts two more developers, who help bring the project back ontrack. What should the project manager do after adding the contractors to the team?

• Update the schedule baseline
• Invoke a disciplinary action against the four developers
• Perform individual and team assessments
• Revise the project team assignments documentation

A project manager has just returned from vacation and wants to get a project update. The project team outlines several issues and describe how each issue was addressed. The project manager is impressed with how smoothly and effectively the team has addressed the issues even in the absence of leadership. What stage of team development is being demonstrated in this scenario?

• Norming
• Performing
• Excelling
• Forming

An agile team is tasked with the development of a robot. The project manager wants to ensure that before the actual robot is built, the team receives early feedback on requirements and adapts the design accordingly. Which of the following should the project manager use to achieve that goal?

• Prototyping
• Design review
• Checklists
• Business case

At the beginning of your project, you were authorized to offer incentives to the designers to work in your company's office building for the duration of the project. You secured a temporary workspace to accommodate the entire project design team in a common area. This strategy allows them to work in proximity to one another to enhance their ability to performas a unified design team. What tool or technique did you use in this scenario?

• Virtual teams
• Colocation
• Forming
• Strategic placement