DM 200 Agile PMP Questions and Answers
1. You are working on a project as an Agile Project Manager. The executive manager who will
own the product you are delivering would like to focus primarily on set processes and tools to
manage to project. What will you recommend to them instead?
A. To focus on the definition of success as defined by the project manager
B. Focus primarily on the individuals and interactions involved
C. Focus primarily on the scope of the project
D. Focus primarily on the schedule of the project - correct answer B
The Agile manifesto recommends focusing on Individuals and Interactions over processes and
tools. Projects are run by people, products are developed by people for people to use, and our
interactions either make or break a project.
2. The executive management in your organization has assembled a new team, and dictated
that they will use Agile for their product development. As the project progresses, there is
confusion about the product scope and the definition of what done looks like. As an Agile
Project Manager, what will you recommend to the executive team?
A. Select a person from each part of the organization to assist, to ensure diversity.
B. Have the functional manager select their friends or favorite team members
C. Encourage a self-organizing team to form, including the people who asked for the
requirements and outcomes in the first place.
D. Hire external consultants to run the project and create the product. - correct answer C
,Agile encourages self-organizing teams composed of the people who created the requirements
and had the desired outcome in the first place. This gives a higher level of ownership and
product expertise, that often cannot be bought.
3. You are running an Agile project and meet with the team for the next sprint planning
meeting. What will you do next?
A. Negotiate the scope and costs of the project with the project sponsor.
B. Walk through three questions with the team—what did I do yesterday? what will I do today?
Is anything blocking me?
C. The dev team demonstrates the working feature to the product owner, who marks it as
complete.
D. The product owner shares the updated backlog, and the team discusses it to ensure a shared
understanding. - correct answer D
The product owner should share the updated backlog Items and ensure the entire team has a
good understanding of how to move forward.
4. You are a project manager working on an Agile project, and want your team to maximise the
value they bring to the customer. What can you eliminate in order to maximize project value?
A. Daily stand-ups
B. Unnecessary features
C. Sprint reviews
D. Testing - correct answer B
In addition to eliminating the introduction of unnecessary features, value can be maximized by
eliminating partially done work, delays, extra processes and features, task switching, waiting,
moving information or a deliverable, defects or rework, and handoffs.
,5. You are working on a project and the team have recently moved to an Agile way of work.
One of the team members is confused about Scrum and what typically happens after the sprint
review. What will you tell them happens next?
A. Hold a sprint retrospective with the team
B. Perform product backlog refinement with the product owner
C. Perform story card elaboration with the three amigos (Business, Development, Testing)
D. Hold a Daily Scrum - correct answer D
A sprint retrospective is held with the Whole Team, after a sprint review but before the sprint
planning meeting. We use it to gather lessons learned and look for opportunities for
improvement, and everyone has a voice for feedback and to implement improvements before
the next sprint.
6. You are working in an Agile team and preparing the Agile team charter. You work with the
Agile team to ensure the team charter answers these four questions: Why are we doing this
project? Who benefits and how?
A. When will the project end? What do we do with the product?
B. What does "done" mean for the project? How are we going to work together?
C. How much risk is on the project? What is the project scope?
D. How many defects are allowed in the product? How many testers are there? - correct
answer B
, An Agile team charter typically covers Why we are doing the project, who benefits and how,
what does done look like, and how are we going to work together. Agile Practice Guide,
Chapter Five p49.
7. You are working with a new Agile project manager and explain that Agile favours value-based
measurements instead of predictive measurements on a project. What is an example of value
based measurements?
A. Earned value management and the schedule performance index
B. Variance Analysis and the Estimate to Complete
C. Feature burndown chart (features delivered) and customer satisfaction
D. Variance at Completion and the cost performance index - correct answer C
Agile works with value delivered as its primary measurement. All the other options are
predictive measurements from a traditional project management methodology.
8. Agile Unified Process (AUP) is an auxiliary Agile method that focuses on performing more
iterative cycles across seven key disciplines, and incorporating the associated feedback before
formal delivery. Which is NOT one of the seven key disciplines within a release?
A. Discipline of the high level model
B. Discipline in managing stakeholders' expectations
C. Discipline in testing
D. Discipline in configuration management - correct answer B
1. You are working on a project as an Agile Project Manager. The executive manager who will
own the product you are delivering would like to focus primarily on set processes and tools to
manage to project. What will you recommend to them instead?
A. To focus on the definition of success as defined by the project manager
B. Focus primarily on the individuals and interactions involved
C. Focus primarily on the scope of the project
D. Focus primarily on the schedule of the project - correct answer B
The Agile manifesto recommends focusing on Individuals and Interactions over processes and
tools. Projects are run by people, products are developed by people for people to use, and our
interactions either make or break a project.
2. The executive management in your organization has assembled a new team, and dictated
that they will use Agile for their product development. As the project progresses, there is
confusion about the product scope and the definition of what done looks like. As an Agile
Project Manager, what will you recommend to the executive team?
A. Select a person from each part of the organization to assist, to ensure diversity.
B. Have the functional manager select their friends or favorite team members
C. Encourage a self-organizing team to form, including the people who asked for the
requirements and outcomes in the first place.
D. Hire external consultants to run the project and create the product. - correct answer C
,Agile encourages self-organizing teams composed of the people who created the requirements
and had the desired outcome in the first place. This gives a higher level of ownership and
product expertise, that often cannot be bought.
3. You are running an Agile project and meet with the team for the next sprint planning
meeting. What will you do next?
A. Negotiate the scope and costs of the project with the project sponsor.
B. Walk through three questions with the team—what did I do yesterday? what will I do today?
Is anything blocking me?
C. The dev team demonstrates the working feature to the product owner, who marks it as
complete.
D. The product owner shares the updated backlog, and the team discusses it to ensure a shared
understanding. - correct answer D
The product owner should share the updated backlog Items and ensure the entire team has a
good understanding of how to move forward.
4. You are a project manager working on an Agile project, and want your team to maximise the
value they bring to the customer. What can you eliminate in order to maximize project value?
A. Daily stand-ups
B. Unnecessary features
C. Sprint reviews
D. Testing - correct answer B
In addition to eliminating the introduction of unnecessary features, value can be maximized by
eliminating partially done work, delays, extra processes and features, task switching, waiting,
moving information or a deliverable, defects or rework, and handoffs.
,5. You are working on a project and the team have recently moved to an Agile way of work.
One of the team members is confused about Scrum and what typically happens after the sprint
review. What will you tell them happens next?
A. Hold a sprint retrospective with the team
B. Perform product backlog refinement with the product owner
C. Perform story card elaboration with the three amigos (Business, Development, Testing)
D. Hold a Daily Scrum - correct answer D
A sprint retrospective is held with the Whole Team, after a sprint review but before the sprint
planning meeting. We use it to gather lessons learned and look for opportunities for
improvement, and everyone has a voice for feedback and to implement improvements before
the next sprint.
6. You are working in an Agile team and preparing the Agile team charter. You work with the
Agile team to ensure the team charter answers these four questions: Why are we doing this
project? Who benefits and how?
A. When will the project end? What do we do with the product?
B. What does "done" mean for the project? How are we going to work together?
C. How much risk is on the project? What is the project scope?
D. How many defects are allowed in the product? How many testers are there? - correct
answer B
, An Agile team charter typically covers Why we are doing the project, who benefits and how,
what does done look like, and how are we going to work together. Agile Practice Guide,
Chapter Five p49.
7. You are working with a new Agile project manager and explain that Agile favours value-based
measurements instead of predictive measurements on a project. What is an example of value
based measurements?
A. Earned value management and the schedule performance index
B. Variance Analysis and the Estimate to Complete
C. Feature burndown chart (features delivered) and customer satisfaction
D. Variance at Completion and the cost performance index - correct answer C
Agile works with value delivered as its primary measurement. All the other options are
predictive measurements from a traditional project management methodology.
8. Agile Unified Process (AUP) is an auxiliary Agile method that focuses on performing more
iterative cycles across seven key disciplines, and incorporating the associated feedback before
formal delivery. Which is NOT one of the seven key disciplines within a release?
A. Discipline of the high level model
B. Discipline in managing stakeholders' expectations
C. Discipline in testing
D. Discipline in configuration management - correct answer B
