A team's cumulative flow diagram shows a widening gap between the 'In Progress' and 'Done' bands, while the 'To Do' band is shrinking. The team is not changing scope. What is the most likely interpretation?

The team is experiencing a bottleneck because work is entering faster than it is completing

The team is becoming more efficient because work is moving faster

The team is delivering more value because more work is in progress

The team is overcommitting to sprints

A team's burn-down chart shows that the remaining work line is consistently above the ideal line for the first half of the sprint, but by the end of the sprint the team completes all committed stories. What does this pattern most likely indicate?

The team is completing most work late in the sprint, indicating a potential flow issue

The team is front-loading the hardest work early in the sprint

The team is underreporting completed work until the end of the sprint

The team is overcommitting at the start of each sprint

A project is behind schedule. The team's velocity is 30 story points per sprint, but the remaining backlog is 300 story points. The product owner wants to know if the project can be completed in 8 sprints. The team has been tracking velocity, cycle time, and defect count. What should the team do to answer this question?

Use the average velocity to forecast the number of sprints needed

Ask the product owner to reduce the scope to fit the schedule

Use cycle time to forecast the completion date

Use defect count to estimate the time needed for rework

A team is considering adopting a new tool that promises to reduce cycle time. The team has been tracking cycle time for the past six months. Before making the decision, what should the team do?

Compare cycle time with velocity to see if they are correlated

Adopt the tool immediately because it promises improvement

Ask the tool vendor for a guarantee of improvement

Analyze the current cycle time data to establish a baseline and identify the root cause of delays

Which agile metric is most appropriate to report to a product owner who needs to decide whether to release the current increment to production?

Definition of Done (DoD) completion percentage for the current increment

Team satisfaction survey results

Cumulative flow diagram (CFD) showing work in progress

Velocity trend over the last three sprints

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21expert · hard
A team's cumulative flow diagram shows a widening gap between the 'In Progress' and 'Done' bands, while the 'To Do' band is shrinking. The team is not changing scope. What is the most likely interpretation?
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22application · medium
A team's burn-down chart shows that the remaining work line is consistently above the ideal line for the first half of the sprint, but by the end of the sprint the team completes all committed stories. What does this pattern most likely indicate?
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23expert · hard
A project is behind schedule. The team's velocity is 30 story points per sprint, but the remaining backlog is 300 story points. The product owner wants to know if the project can be completed in 8 sprints. The team has been tracking velocity, cycle time, and defect count. What should the team do to answer this question?
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24expert · hard
A team is considering adopting a new tool that promises to reduce cycle time. The team has been tracking cycle time for the past six months. Before making the decision, what should the team do?
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25foundation · easy
Which agile metric is most appropriate to report to a product owner who needs to decide whether to release the current increment to production?
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