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Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach

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Explain when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach

1An adaptive project management approach is MOST appropriate when:Easy2Which characteristic MOST indicates that an adaptive approach would be better than a predictive appr...Easy3The core principle of adaptive project management is:Easy4In which industry are adaptive approaches MOST commonly used?Easy5A product manager cannot fully specify what the new mobile app should do — she knows the general dir...Medium6A key advantage of delivering value in small, frequent increments (as done in adaptive approaches) i...Medium7A company wants to use an adaptive approach for a large enterprise software implementation. The soft...Medium8The iterative nature of adaptive approaches primarily helps manage which type of project risk?Medium9Which of the following project characteristics LEAST favors an adaptive approach?Easy10An adaptive project team completes a sprint and demonstrates working software to stakeholders. The s...Medium11In adaptive project management, the product backlog is BEST described as:Easy12Which situation BEST demonstrates the 'inspect and adapt' principle of adaptive approaches?Medium13A government agency is considering using an adaptive approach for policy development. The policy lan...Hard14The Agile Manifesto values 'customer collaboration over contract negotiation.' In practice, this mea...Easy15A product development team is deciding between predictive and adaptive. Their product is a new consu...Medium16In adaptive project management, 'empiricism' means that decisions are based on:Easy17A project manager is explaining adaptive approaches to a skeptical executive. The executive asks 'Ho...Medium18Which of the following is NOT a benefit of adaptive project approaches?Easy19A software development team uses Scrum. The product owner (PO) role is responsible for:Medium20An adaptive project completes its first iteration. The team meets to reflect on their processes and ...Easy21A company builds custom furniture for clients. Each piece is unique and designed collaboratively wit...Medium22A project manager argues that an adaptive approach requires less discipline than predictive because ...Hard23Which of the following BEST describes the Agile Manifesto value 'working software over comprehensive...Easy24A startup is developing a new type of fintech product. The market for the product doesn't yet exist;...Medium25The concept of 'minimum viable product' (MVP) is MOST associated with:Easy26In a Scrum project, the Development Team's role is BEST described as:Medium27A Kanban board is used to:Easy28A non-software team (marketing) wants to adopt adaptive practices. What adaptive concept is MOST tra...Medium29An organization runs 100 projects annually. After analysis, 60% are software development with uncert...Hard30In adaptive projects, stakeholder involvement is:Easy31A project team working on an adaptive project is told by management that no requirements can change ...Medium32The 'definition of done' (DoD) in an adaptive project means:Easy33A product owner has 50 items in the product backlog. The team's velocity is 10 story points per spri...Medium34An adaptive approach differs from a predictive approach in that adaptive projects:Easy35An organization is transitioning from predictive to adaptive project management. A project manager w...Hard36In Scrum, the Scrum Master's primary role is to:Easy37A project manager is told to manage a project 'with agility.' The MOST important thing this means is...Medium38Which of the following BEST describes a 'time box' in adaptive project management?Easy39A team has been working adaptively for 6 sprints. They find that the product owner keeps adding high...Medium40The term 'agile' in project management refers to:Easy41In a sprint review, the team demonstrates their work to stakeholders. The PRIMARY purpose is:Easy42A project manager is evaluating whether to use Scrum or Kanban for a maintenance team that handles i...Medium43A product owner decides to cancel a sprint midway through. When should a sprint be cancelled?Medium44An adaptive team member says their task is '90% done' every week for three weeks but never completes...Easy45Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between user stories and acceptance criteria?Medium46The Agile Manifesto was created by:Easy47An adaptive team uses relative estimation with story points. What is the PRIMARY advantage of story ...Medium48Adaptive approaches are MOST valuable when the cost of change is:Easy49A project has high technical uncertainty (novel algorithms) but stable requirements (research team k...Medium50In Scrum, the daily standup (daily Scrum) is limited to how long?Easy51A Scrum team consistently fails to complete all their sprint backlog items. The product owner wants ...Medium52Which of the following is an example of 'responding to change over following a plan' in practice?Easy53An adaptive team's velocity is 35 story points per sprint (2-week sprints). Their product backlog co...Medium54'Working software is the primary measure of progress' — according to the Agile Manifesto, what does ...Easy55A large financial services firm is adopting agile across 500+ projects. They are evaluating scaled a...Hard56A retrospective is held at the end of each sprint. The team identifies three process improvements. W...Easy57A project uses adaptive methods but the customer wants a fixed price contract for the entire project...Medium58What is 'backlog refinement' (also called backlog grooming) in Scrum?Easy59A team member says 'We can't use agile because our client requires a fixed delivery date.' What is t...Medium60Transparency in Scrum refers to:Easy61A team is using adaptive methods for a complex defense project. The customer is a government agency ...Hard

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