Section 5 Estimating Practices

Question 1 of 15

1. Question

In Planning Poker what is the reason behind using a Fibonacci-style range of numbers?

To reflect the increasing level of uncertainty in larger items
To keep discussion to a minimum
To support translation of the estimate into hours and days
To avoid commitment to specific numbers

Question 2 of 15

2. Question

What is a major risk when using Planning Poker?

Looking for more certainty than actually exists
Allowing team conversation to overrule the experts
Leaving the project manager out of the discussions
Not having the Planning Poker app loaded onto every phone

Question 3 of 15

3. Question

What is a disadvantage of using Velocity?

It is relative to a particular team so measures cannot be transferred
It is too vague to be useful
Velocity-based planning is a high-risk strategy
It relies on having everyone working at the same site

Question 4 of 15

4. Question

What is Planning poker based on?

A Fibonacci-style range of numbers
A sequential series of numbers from 1 – 100
A mobile phone app
A set of T-shirt sizes

Question 5 of 15

5. Question

What is an advantage of Planning Poker?

It supports an increasing level of uncertainty
Estimating using a phone app is more fun
It confuses outsiders
It supports expert teams

Question 6 of 15

6. Question

What is a main reason for using Planning Poker?

It encourages team discussion
It is a quick way to size a whole backlog
It ensures the team are given plenty of time to create their estimate
It allows new team members to opt out of the estimating process

Question 7 of 15

7. Question

Which statement can be applied to Affinity estimating?

It is better to be roughly right than be precisely wrong
It is better to be precise and right, rather than approximately wrong
It is always better to be right
It is better to be accurate than guess

Question 8 of 15

8. Question

When is Affinity estimating most useful?

During Foundations / initial sizing of a backlog or for 20 or more stories that need estimating
During sprint planning
During a retrospective
When there is unlimited time and a large room is available

Question 9 of 15

9. Question

Why is Affinity estimating used?

To create estimates quickly
To create detailed estimates
To decompose stories
To assign work within the team

Question 10 of 15

10. Question

Which statement is INCORRECT in describing Story Points with Velocity?

It takes a lot of time, but creates the low-level details needed to progress
It is easy to understand
It is fairly quick to carry out
The resulting estimate is easy to update as work progress

Question 11 of 15

11. Question

What is an advantage of Story Points with Velocity?

It provides a good basis for measuring progress
It helps create company-wide league tables to compare team effectiveness
It confuses management
It ensures anonymity, and avoids a blame culture

Question 12 of 15

12. Question

Which of these statements describes T-shirt sizing?

Assessment can be based on straightforward size or size plus complexity
Assessment is based on working days
Assessment is based on team size
Assessment is based on individual skill sets

Question 13 of 15

13. Question

What is a disadvantage of T-shirt sizing?

It cannot be used easily in velocity calculations
It is complicated to use
It cannot be used to validate work as it progresses
It only offers 3 ranges

Question 14 of 15

14. Question

What are the options for Three-point estimating?

Best Case, Most Likely Case, Worst Case
Best Guess, Middle Ground, Worst Scenario
Happy path, Middle path, Unhappy path
Good, Bad, Indifferent

Question 15 of 15

15. Question

How can Three-point estimating be useful?

To emphasise how best to interpret an estimate presented as a range
To make optimists think like pessimists
To define the things that are likely to go wrong
To pad out an estimate