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A newly formed development team experienced difficulty with accurately estimating product backlog items. As a result, the team failed to deliver all of the features in the sprint backlog for the past two iterations.
What should the team do to improve the accuracy of their estimates?

  • A. Decrease the sprint time box until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
  • B. Discuss estimating techniques in the daily scrum meeting
  • C. Increase the size of the development team until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
  • D. Begin tracking estimated effort metrics as an input to performance evaluation
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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diligentstudent
Highly Voted 3 years, 9 months ago
I believe Daily scrum is not intended for that - Hence B is incorrect. Make sprint short and therefore estimating less items could help to obtain more accurate estimation... my answer would be A.
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fletcher_ng
Highly Voted 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: D
The issues here are: 1. A newly formed development team 2. Difficulty with estimating how many user stories should be packed into a sprint. Therefore we need to first understand the Team's velocity. This is normal until perhaps the 4th or 5th sprint, when they have enough data to calculate the velocity they should be working at. A) doesn't make sense since the reducing the sprint duration doesn't make estimations any better and I would have thought that it actually reduces the no of tasks. Also, should keep the duration fixed so that you can measure, track and calculate the velocity the team should be working at. B is not correct since Daily standups is not meant to address these issues - except if this is raised as an impediment C - can't increase team size D - Looks the most likely answer since by tracking the metrics such as no of items delivered per sprints, over several sprints, you can then gauge the team's velocity
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Cynthia_Igwe
Most Recent 2 weeks ago
answer is D
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FaisalK76
2 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: D
D is the closet to correct answer. Such things are to be taken up in retro.
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Nervys
5 months, 4 weeks ago
D for sure
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Imrangoshi
9 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
B is the correct answer,
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NorWEED
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Did it occur the question is written wrong or could be a pre-test question? All are wrong.
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tThye
1 year ago
I think is D, due to A,B,C is not permission from the team
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You cannot reduce the sprint duration after the timebox for each iteration has been decided. B is the correct answer
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Azharmak
1 year, 1 month ago
If you decrease time box then how can you accommodate everything in one sprint? Shouldn't you increase the time box so that you have more time to execute the tasks? I am confused.
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abhi517
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
B is incorrect as Daily Scrum is timeboxed to 15 mins. Discussing estimating techniques is not recommended. C is also incorrect. Answer is option A.
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cutri89
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: D
i think D
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cutri89
1 year, 2 months ago
i think D
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Petrevski
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
B - this can be discussed in the sprint retro, not daily C - cannot increase the team size D - wasting time
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TonyMai92
1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: B
- The question mentions to the "inaccurate estimation" that leads to the incomplete deliverables in the Sprint. The team should views it as an issue and need to solve, discuss in meeting. The nature of Agile: Fixed schedule and resources, scope is negotiated. Thus A, C aren't the correct answers. About D, it's not solved the root cause.
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Sencaoco
1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: D
Why not D? You need to track effort as initial input to calculate performance.
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InvisibleBeing
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: A
Definitely it is A
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