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?
To improve accuracy in estimating product backlog items, the team should begin tracking estimated effort metrics as an input to performance evaluation. Tracking these metrics over several sprints can help the team understand their velocity and make more accurate estimates, addressing the root cause of their current difficulties. Sprint duration should remain fixed to have a consistent basis for measurement, and increasing team size or discussing estimating techniques during daily scrums are not appropriate solutions.
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.
I agree
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
Did it occur the question is written wrong or could be a pre-test question? All are wrong.
I think is D, due to A,B,C is not permission from the team
i think D
B - this can be discussed in the sprint retro, not daily C - cannot increase the team size D - wasting time
Why not D? You need to track effort as initial input to calculate performance.
answer is D
D is the closet to correct answer. Such things are to be taken up in retro.
D for sure
B is the correct answer,
You cannot reduce the sprint duration after the timebox for each iteration has been decided. B is the correct answer
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.
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.
i think D
- 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.
Definitely it is A