A traditional project has a detailed WBS with 200 work packages. The team is transitioning to agile and wants to plan the first release. The product owner has a prioritized list of features, but the team is concerned about losing the traceability of the WBS. What is the best way to maintain traceability while adapting to iterative planning?

Create a separate WBS for each sprint to maintain traceability.

Keep the WBS as the primary planning artifact and create sprints around the WBS phases.

Map each WBS work package to one or more user stories in the product backlog, and use that mapping to plan releases.

Discard the WBS and rely solely on the product backlog, accepting the loss of traceability.

A project manager is reporting progress to executives who are used to seeing a Gantt chart with percentage complete. The team is using sprints and a burndown chart. What is the best way to communicate progress to the executives?

Continue using the Gantt chart because executives understand it.

Explain the burndown chart and how it shows progress toward the sprint goal.

Switch to a predictive tracking method to satisfy the executives.

Provide both the Gantt chart and the burndown chart without explanation.

When converting a traditional Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into an adaptive iteration plan, what is the first step?

Create a detailed Gantt chart for the entire project

Assign all work packages to a single release

Break the WBS into smaller, prioritized increments

Remove all dependencies between work packages

A team is using two-week sprints and has a stable velocity. The product owner wants to include a large, high-value feature that will take approximately six weeks of effort. The team is concerned about the risk of scope creep and the impact on the release plan. What is the best approach?

Add the feature to the current sprint and extend the sprint duration to accommodate it.

Delay the feature until after the current release and plan it as a separate project.

Break the feature into smaller user stories and schedule them across three sprints, with a release at the end.

Create a special sprint that lasts six weeks to complete the feature in one go.

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Task 2 Determine How to Plan Project Iterations. CAPM Practice Questions (Page 4)

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A traditional project has a detailed WBS with 200 work packages. The team is transitioning to agile and wants to plan the first release. The product owner has a prioritized list of features, but the team is concerned about losing the traceability of the WBS. What is the best way to maintain traceability while adapting to iterative planning?
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A project manager is reporting progress to executives who are used to seeing a Gantt chart with percentage complete. The team is using sprints and a burndown chart. What is the best way to communicate progress to the executives?
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When converting a traditional Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into an adaptive iteration plan, what is the first step?
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A team is using two-week sprints and has a stable velocity. The product owner wants to include a large, high-value feature that will take approximately six weeks of effort. The team is concerned about the risk of scope creep and the impact on the release plan. What is the best approach?
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Which input helps the agile team understand the overall purpose and desired outcome of the project when defining scope?
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A project manager is reporting progress to executives who are used to seeing a Gantt chart with percentage complete. The team is using sprints and a burndown chart. What is the best way to communicate progress to the executives?

When converting a traditional Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into an adaptive iteration plan, what is the first step?

A team is using two-week sprints and has a stable velocity. The product owner wants to include a large, high-value feature that will take approximately six weeks of effort. The team is concerned about the risk of scope creep and the impact on the release plan. What is the best approach?

Which input helps the agile team understand the overall purpose and desired outcome of the project when defining scope?

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