6.8: 6 Review and an Exercise - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

<v ->To summarize, in lesson six,</v> we discussed agile culture and mindset. We covered the concept of continuous improvement, discussed how to build a high performing team in a global environment. We also discussed how Retrospectives help distributed teams to collaborate and align in their practices and mechanisms. As we do in the end of each lesson, I'm offering you a five question quiz. I will show and read the question. Then please pause the video after you see the question and write down your answer before restarting the video, and then I will reveal the answer for you. Here are questions one through five. Question one. What are vanity metrics? And the correct answer is useless metrics, which does not provide value. Let's go to question two. Which framework recommends Burndown charts to measure team progress within a Sprint? Please write down the answer, pause the video, and then I will reveal the correct answer. The correct answer is Scrum. Burndown charts are used in Scrum. Let's go to question number three. What is a Retrospective? Please write the answer. Pause your video, and once your answer is ready, please continue. And the correct answer is D. Retrospective is a Scrum event where team members prioritize areas of improvement, analyze root causes, and agree on action items that they want to commit to as a team during the upcoming Sprint. Now, let's go to question four. Which of the following is not a standard step of a Retrospective? Remember we discussed five steps. Now please write your answer, pause the video, and I will reveal the correct answer. And the answer is assign action item. There is no top down assignments in Retrospective. Team members may volunteer to work on specific action items but there are never any assignments. With that, let's go to the last question. In the Moonpig case study, the teams are referred to as cross-functional because- Now let's pause, write the correct answer, and once you are ready, I will reveal the correct answer. And the correct answer is each of the team contained product function, marketing function, creative function, and engineering function. This way they were able to deliver value end to end without dependency on other teams and groups of individuals. And with that, we are ready to proceed to less than seven.