A Scrum Team has just adopted Kanban practices. During the Daily Scrum, a Developer mentions they are blocked on an item that has been in the 'Testing' column for four days. The team's Service Level Expectation (SLE) is 5 days with 85% confidence. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to facilitate?
A team's Definition of Workflow must contain which elements to be considered complete according to the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams? (Select THREE)
True or False: A Scrum Team using Kanban practices must replace its Sprint Burndown chart with a Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD).
A marketing team at a retail company uses Scrum with Kanban to manage campaigns. During a Sprint Retrospective, they analyze their Cycle Time Scatterplot and notice a wide distribution of cycle times, ranging from 2 to 20 days. The Product Owner is concerned because this makes forecasting unreliable. What is the most likely root cause the team should investigate first?
**Case Study: HealthData Inc.** HealthData Inc. is a company that processes patient data for clinical trials. Their core Scrum team is responsible for a workflow that includes Data Ingestion, Anonymization, Validation, and Reporting. Sprints are two weeks long. The team consistently fails to deliver the forecasted work, causing delays in trial reporting and frustrating stakeholders. The team's board has columns for each workflow step but no WIP limits. During Daily Scrums, Developers often report being 'busy' but it's unclear what is close to being 'Done'. The Validation step is a known bottleneck. It requires a manual review by a senior data scientist, of which there is only one. Work frequently piles up in a 'Ready for Validation' column. To address their unpredictability, the management has mandated the team adopt Kanban practices. Which of the following actions represents the most effective first step for the Scrum Team to take in their next Sprint Planning?
When applying Little's Law (Average Cycle Time = Average WIP / Average Throughput), which of the following conditions must be true for the calculation to be reasonably accurate?
A Scrum Team's workflow includes a 'Peer Review' step before an item can be moved to 'Done'. The team decides to implement a WIP limit. Which of the following is an expected outcome of applying a WIP limit to the 'In Progress' and 'Peer Review' columns?
During Sprint Planning, a Product Owner wants to know how many items from the Product Backlog the team can likely complete in the upcoming Sprint. The team has been using Kanban for several Sprints. Which flow metric provides the most useful historical data for this type of forecasting?
The Scrum value of 'Focus' is directly supported by which Kanban practice?
A team is designing its first Kanban board. They have identified the following steps for their work: 'To Do', 'Analysis', 'Development', 'Testing', 'Deployment'. To properly measure Cycle Time for their development process, where should the 'Start Point' and 'Finish Point' of their workflow be defined?