A team is unsure whether a new feature is meeting customer needs. They have limited time and want to get feedback quickly. Which feedback loop would be most efficient?

Wait for the next quarterly customer survey.

Release the feature to a small percentage of users and analyze usage data.

Conduct a focus group with a small set of customers.

Ask the sales team to report customer reactions.

What does 'iterative waste reduction' mean in an agile context?

Reducing waste only when customer complaints occur

Eliminating all waste in a single sprint

Focusing only on waste that is easy to remove

Continuously cycling through identifying, reducing, and re-evaluating waste

A team is reviewing their workflow and identifies the following activities: (1) writing code for a new feature, (2) attending a daily stand-up, (3) fixing a defect found in testing, and (4) updating the project status report for management. Which activity is value-added?

Updating the project status report for management

Fixing a defect found in testing

A team delivers a new feature that customers rarely use. The product owner wants to understand why. Which feedback loop would most directly surface the waste of building an unused feature?

Asking the development team to estimate the effort spent on the feature.

Reviewing customer support tickets related to the feature.

Analyzing product analytics to see how customers interact with the feature.

Conducting a retrospective to discuss what went well and what didn't.

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Domain 4Objective 4

Task 4 Recognize and Eliminate Waste PMI-ACP Practice Questions (Page 4)

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A team is unsure whether a new feature is meeting customer needs. They have limited time and want to get feedback quickly. Which feedback loop would be most efficient?
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What does 'iterative waste reduction' mean in an agile context?
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A team is reviewing their workflow and identifies the following activities: (1) writing code for a new feature, (2) attending a daily stand-up, (3) fixing a defect found in testing, and (4) updating the project status report for management. Which activity is value-added?
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A team delivers a new feature that customers rarely use. The product owner wants to understand why. Which feedback loop would most directly surface the waste of building an unused feature?
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Which metric is MOST useful for revealing waste in a value stream?
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