DAF Foundations OF Agile — Timed 10 Questions

Question 1

A cross-functional team is having trouble coordinating work. What is a core Disciplined Agile concept to facilitate better coordination?

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Implement 'Coordinate Activities' as part of the DAD process blade. In Disciplined Agile, 'Coordinate Activities' is a process blade at the Program Level that addresses coordination among teams. It provides a framework for aligning work, managing dependencies, and facilitating communication across teams. Implementing this concept is a core DA approach to improve coordination for cross-functional teams.

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Mandate that all teams use the exact same tool

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Reduce the number of meetings for the teams

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Assign a single project manager to control all communication

Question 2

Which THREE of the following are elements of 'Agile Governance'?

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Continuous risk management. Agile governance is lightweight, transparent, and built into the workflow.

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Requiring a signature for every small change

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Strict adherence to a detailed yearly budget

Question 3

Which THREE factors influence a team's ability to be 'Agile'?

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Team skill sets. Team agility is influenced by team size, skills, and the culture of the organization.

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The type of software used for scheduling

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The name of the project manager

Question 4

Which TWO of the following are benefits of 'Small Releases'?

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Faster feedback from users. Option B (Faster feedback from users) is correct because delivering small, frequent releases puts working functionality in front of users sooner, so the team can gather real-world feedback quickly and adjust priorities or design before large investments are made. Option C (Reduced risk of failure) is correct because small releases limit the scope of each change, making defects easier to isolate, test, and roll back, and preventing a single large release from failing catastrophically. The unmarked options do not belong: A (longer hours) is not a benefit and contradicts sustainable pace, D (increased complexity of the release process) is the opposite of what small releases aim for since they simplify and automate delivery, and E (increased documentation requirements) is unrelated to small releases, which typically favor working software over heavy documentation.

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The team works longer hours

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Increased complexity of the release process

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Increased documentation requirements

Question 5

Your organization is transitioning from a traditional waterfall environment to Disciplined Agile. Several departments are worried about losing visibility into project progress. What is the most appropriate way to provide this visibility?

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Create a digital dashboard showing the 'Cumulative Flow Diagram' and 'Value Stream' metrics.. Disciplined Agile emphasizes empirical, flow-based transparency over plan-based reporting. A digital dashboard exposing Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) and value stream metrics gives stakeholders real-time visibility into work-in-progress, cycle time, and bottlenecks without disrupting the team. This aligns with DA's principle of 'delighting customers' through continuous value delivery and 'being pragmatic' about governance.

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Maintain the original project plan in the enterprise scheduling tool.

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Schedule weekly steering committee meetings for every project.

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Require daily detailed status reports from every developer.

Question 6

A team is preparing for their 'Transition' phase. What is the primary focus of this phase according to the Disciplined Agile toolkit?

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Ensuring the product is ready to be deployed, including support and organizational readiness.. The Transition phase focuses on ensuring the solution is ready for release, including deployment, training, and operational support.

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Starting the development of the next major release.

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multi_select

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Writing all the requirements documentation for the next phase.

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multi_select

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Conducting a final design review with external auditors.

Question 7

A distributed team is struggling with coordination. They have daily stand-ups, but information silos persist across locations. According to Disciplined Agile, which strategy is most effective to improve coordination?

Accepted Answer

Use a shared visual management tool and asynchronous communication channels.. For distributed teams, Disciplined Agile suggests using shared visual management and asynchronous communication to create transparency and reduce coordination overhead. These practices enable team members to see work status and collaborate without constant synchronous meetings. The other options either add unnecessary overhead, are impractical, or focus on management reporting rather than team coordination.

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Increase the frequency of status reports to management.

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Implement a 'Scrum of Scrums' meeting with representatives from each location.

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Require all team members to relocate to a single location.

Question 8

What is the primary benefit of the 'Iterative' approach over a 'Big Bang' delivery approach?

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It allows for early detection and correction of errors. The iterative approach focuses on risk reduction and feedback through smaller, frequent releases.

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It eliminates the need for project managers

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It requires less documentation than waterfall

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It ensures that all team members are always busy

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It guarantees that no changes will be made to requirements

Question 9

A team is experiencing 'analysis paralysis' during the initial phase of their project. Which Disciplined Agile strategy is best to move forward?

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Implement 'Just-in-Time' planning to reduce upfront analysis. Disciplined Agile suggests 'Evolutionary' approaches, where the team performs just enough planning to start, then adapts.

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Extend the sprint duration to allow more time for analysis

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Switch to a full Kanban system without any planning

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Mandate a strict waterfall phase gate review

Question 10

A team is struggling with 'technical debt'. According to Disciplined Agile, which action is most appropriate to address this during the iteration?

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Include 'refactoring' and 'testing' tasks within each iteration. Disciplined Agile advocates addressing technical debt continuously rather than deferring it. The most appropriate action is to include refactoring and testing tasks within each iteration, so that debt is paid down incrementally as part of normal delivery. This aligns with DA's principle of delivering consumable solutions and its guidance that quality is built in, not bolted on.

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Outsource the technical debt resolution to a different team

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Ignore the debt until the project is near completion

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Create a separate 'technical debt sprint' once a year