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The Professional Scrum Master Guide

You're reading from The Professional Scrum Master Guide

Product type Book

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800205567

Pages 174 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Fred Heath

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1:The Scrum Framework

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Scrum

3. Chapter 2: Scrum Theory and Principles

4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Team

5. Chapter 4: Scrum Events

6. Chapter 5: Scrum Artifacts

7. Section 2:Scrum in Action

8. Chapter 6: Planning and Estimating with Scrum

9. Chapter 7: The Sprint Journey

10. Chapter 8: Facets of Scrum

11. Section 3:The PSM Certification

12. Chapter 9: Preparing for the PSM I Assessment

13. Assessments

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

15. Index

Questions

Which of the following statements best describes Scrum?
a) Scrum is the most popular development process.
b) Scrum is one of many Agile methodologies.
c) Scrum is an Agile process framework.
d) Scrum prescribes an Agile development process.
During my development process, I constantly take actions, measure their effects, and adjust my next actions accordingly. Which theory-of-knowledge approach underpins my development process?
a) Rationalism
b) Realism
c) Empiricism
d) Pragmatism
Bob, a Scrum Team member, has presented a new design to the team, however, he neglected to mention that the new design will not work under certain conditions. Which Scrum value has Bob not adhered to?
a) Commitment
b) Courage
c) Focus
d) Openness
e) Respect
Alice, a Scrum Team member working on a Sprint task, designs a new algorithm to help implement a task and presents it to the team. After careful consideration, other team members suggest the use of a different algorithm, better suited to...

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Authors (1)

Fred Heath

Fred Heath is a freelance developer and consultant based in Wales, UK. Over the last 20 years, he's worked at every stage of the software development life cycle using a variety of languages and platforms and ended up falling in love with Ruby and its ecosystem. Fred enjoys solving tricky problems, FOSS, meta programming, Behavior-Driven Development, and Agile processes. He also frequently writes online and speaks at conferences about Ruby, software development, and best practices. Fred is always happy to hear from you and chat about Ruby and Rails on Twitter.

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