Exam PMI-ACP topic 1 question 41 discussion

A. Engage the team to determine the sprint velocity based on previous agile projects. Explanation: Option A is the most appropriate because it involves the team in determining their sprint velocity. Sprint velocity is a measure of the amount of work a team can complete in a sprint based on past performance. By engaging the team to determine sprint velocity based on their previous agile projects, the Scrum Master encourages collaboration and ownership among team members. This approach ensures that the team's past experiences and capabilities are considered in estimating the amount of work they can commit to in a sprint.

I vote B. You estimate at the very beginning and make corrections as project progresses. Velocity reaches a platou after several iteration.

A. Past projects: Past projects may have involved different team members, technologies, or complexities, making their velocity irrelevant to the new team. B. Individual averages: Individual estimates can be inaccurate and averaging them doesn't guarantee a true reflection of the team's collective capacity. C. Sponsor velocity: The sponsor's velocity might be based on different assumptions or contexts and could set unrealistic expectations for the new team.

Vote D

A - wrong. The previous projects might be different and they did not work previously as a team (it is newly formed). Thus, they cannot use that experience to define their performance; B - it seems to be correct. According to the official Scrum guide: "Selecting how much can be completed within a Sprint may be challenging. However, the more the Developers know about their past performance, their upcoming capacity, and their Definition of Done, the more confident they will be in their Sprint forecasts." C - wrong and nonsense D - in this case wrong. It is classical empiricism and that is the only way to make more precise estimation, but first, you have to start from somewhere, meaning B.

Correct Ans is B, PO is aware that it is newly formed team, although he is asking for the estimation , so avg velocity can be provided based on team members experience. it is most logical.

I think D is the correct answer. Scrum Master's job is to coach the PO and the team in understanding scrum. A team needs at least 3 sprints to determine its velocity. Never over promise and under deliver. If you set the expectations of a certain velocity from sprint one and if you do not meet it, the organization or senior leaders might come to a conclusion that scrum/agile is not working and may not support agile in the future. SM needs to coach everyone that velocity cannot be calculated in the first sprint, and it takes a few sprints in order to calculate or determine velocity.

D is wrong, would take too long. always estimate for first iteration

i vote D

Hey people are saying D its not right.. I think should be A

A. Engage the team to determine the sprint velocity based on previous agile projects- since this is a newly formed team, historical velocity makes no sense. B. Average the sprint velocity based on input from team members- this seems to be the most appropriate answer. if the team new, velocity will be derived based on teams approximations C. Share the sprint velocity obtained from the sponsor with the team- what has sponsor to do with the team velocity? D. Run multiple sprints before determining the sprint velocity with the team- If a PO is asking for story points to be completed in a sprint, how can the team say that they will run multiple sprints to arrive at story points? they would need to give approximate estimation for the items to be completed

Team engagement seems to be key here. That would ensure buy in from the team. Also not having precedence in same project , similar work from other project may be required as starting point.

D is the best answer!!!!!

The quality of the question is poor!

Looks like D has got the most vote. So if PO asks for velocity, the team should say It cant be provided until they run multiple SPRINT? And if they run multiple SPRINT, PO would already know the velocity. Why would he ask? Also I am not sure if sponsor shares velocity!, if not, B looks correct to me.

I would go for D.

C or D could be correct. Really an odd questions. If you don't have a velocity (e.g. at the start of Sprint 1), you could try a few approaches: Use the total story points that the team has brought into Sprint 1, with the caveat that it may be wildly inaccurate Guess based on what the team has brought into the sprint Don't provide a velocity at all until Sprint 1 has completed