Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) practice assessment

#1. A Scrum Team may benefit form Product Owners and Developers developing their facilitation skills.

True

False

The Scrum Master serves the Scrum team by facilitating as needed or requested, but the Scrum Master does not have to be the only member of the Scrum team that facilitates.

#2. The Product Owner has learned some new information that makes the current Sprint Goal obsolete. What facilitation technique could a Scrum team use in order to come to a consensus on whether the Sprint should be cancelled?

Roman Vote

1-2-4-All

In depth analysis needs to be carried out to determine the amount of effort that has already be made, with a decision to cancel the Sprint based on how wasteful it would be

None of the above

This is not a case that requires a facilitated discussion to get to consensus on a decision – in Scrum only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel the Sprint.

#3. Dot voting is a useful technique to;

Narrow down a few options from a larger pool

Converge and decide on a single option

Ensure consensus from all participants on a decision

Ensure a range of options are explored in depth so that there is a shared understanding of all of the options

#4. Sprint retrospective actions are not being enacted. You believe that the Scrum Team are not really buying-in to the improvement actions. What could the problem be?

The improvement actions are not being documented

The improvement actions are not created by management

The retrospectives are not facilitated in a way that enable everyone to share their views and understand the views of others before the decision on actions are made

The length of the retrospective event is wrong

#5. What is a gallery walk?

A technique for a group of people to reach consensus

A way for a group to democratically order a list of items

A technique where a group is split into smaller groups to review and discuss the content at a number of different stations

An activity for team building

#6. Which of the following would be the most effective way to proceed for a newly formed Scrum Team?

A facilitated session where the team create a working agreement

A meeting to review the timelines and major milestones for the upcoming project

A shift and share where team members share details of their previous work experience

Dinner and drinks paid for by the company so that the team can bond socially

#7. Which of the following is the best measure of a skilled facilitator?

They are able to create a fun environment

They know a large number of facilitation techniques

They are able to create an environment where people are able to connect with each other and the objective of the meeting

They are able to command the respect and attention of all participants

#8. Which of the following are normal characteristics of group decision making when working on complex problems?

Select all that apply:

Disagreement

Misalignment

Confusion

Smooth, predictable progress

Frustration

#9. Which of the following outcomes is the most important to meet when facilitating a Sprint Planning event?

The event is completed in 8 hours or less

The Product Owner has all of the Product Items that they wanted committed to by the Developers

The Scrum Team have crafted a Sprint Goal that everybody understands and is aligned on

The Scrum team plan on achieving a higher velocity than they did in the previous Sprint

All of the tasks to be done during the Sprint have been identified

#10. What is 1-2-4-All?

A technique from Liberating Structures that enables all participants to put ideas forward, with rounds of discussion to compare options with the best ones carried forward

A standard range of relative sizes for estimating the effort of completing Product Backlog items

A way of working out how many Developers on a Scrum Team need to be involved in getting a particular Product Backlog item Done

A skills matrix that helps managers assign people to Scrum Teams

#11. Who is accountable for facilitating the Sprint Review?

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Developers

The Project Manager

None of the above

Scrum does not prescribe who is accountable for facilitating the Sprint Review.

#12. What technique could be used to organise a large amount of outputs from an idea generation session?

Journey Mapping

Impact Mapping

Affinity Mapping

User Story Mapping

#1. A Scrum Team may benefit form Product Owners and Developers developing their facilitation skills.

#2. The Product Owner has learned some new information that makes the current Sprint Goal obsolete. What facilitation technique could a Scrum team use in order to come to a consensus on whether the Sprint should be cancelled?

#3. Dot voting is a useful technique to;

#4. Sprint retrospective actions are not being enacted. You believe that the Scrum Team are not really buying-in to the improvement actions. What could the problem be?

#5. What is a gallery walk?

#6. Which of the following would be the most effective way to proceed for a newly formed Scrum Team?

#7. Which of the following is the best measure of a skilled facilitator?

#8. Which of the following are normal characteristics of group decision making when working on complex problems?

#9. Which of the following outcomes is the most important to meet when facilitating a Sprint Planning event?

#10. What is 1-2-4-All?

#11. Who is accountable for facilitating the Sprint Review?

#12. What technique could be used to organise a large amount of outputs from an idea generation session?

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