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150 Agile Questions & Review: #1-10 (Mindset & Values)
Aug 2, 2025
If you're preparing for the PMP exam and want to feel confident with Agile questions, you're in the right place! In this first video of the Agile 150 series, we break down Agile Mindset and Values, the foundation of all Agile practices. You'll not only learn the core values that drive Agile thinking but also reinforce your knowledge with 10 PMP-style practice questions that simulate the real exam. Each question is followed by a detailed explanation to help you master Agile leadership, stakeholder engagement, team dynamics, and customer collaboration — all through the lens of the Agile mindset. Learn how to apply Agile values to real-world scenarios and handle tricky exam questions with confidence. 🎓 What You’ll Learn in This Video: • What is the Agile mindset and why it matters • How to foster psychological safety in Agile teams • The right way to respond to feedback and change • Agile vs traditional stakeholder management • How to reinforce Agile values in daily decision-making Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:39: Agile Mindset and Value Overview 3:32 Question 1
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If you're preparing for the PMP exam and
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want to feel confident answering agile
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questions, you're in the right place.
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Hi, I'm Andrew from PMP Spirit. This is
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the first video in a 15-part series
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where we'll break down the key agile
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topics on the PMP exam. Here are the 15
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topics we will be going over together.
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Each video will focus on one topic at a
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time. We will start with agile mindset
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and values, the foundation of all agile
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practices. For each topic in this
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series, we'll begin with a quick
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overview of the mindsets, key concepts,
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and best practices you need to know.
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Then, we'll dive into a set of 10 agile
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practice questions to reinforce your
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understanding. Now, here's what makes
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this series different. I didn't just
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throw 150 questions together at random.
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These questions are structured across 15
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essential topics to give you a balanced
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coverage of agile on the PMP exam. This
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approach is built to help you learn
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agile more efficiently. You can study in
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bite-sized sessions, focus on exactly
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what you need to master, and easily
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return to specific areas whenever you
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need a refresher. I'll be rolling out
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the videos incrementally, topic by
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topic, and I'm creating these videos for
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you, so I'd love to hear your feedback.
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Please drop your thoughts and
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suggestions in the comments to help
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shape the next videos in the series.
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Since this video series will take many
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weeks to complete, be sure to like this
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video to let me know you want the full
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series and subscribe with notifications
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turned on so you don't miss the next
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topic. And once the full series is
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complete, I'll release a master video
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that combines all 15 topics with 150
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agile questions. All right, let's get
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started with our first topic. Agile
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mindset and values. Agile mindset and
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values is the foundation of everything
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we do in agile. At its core, agile is
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about being adaptive, collaborative, and
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valuedriven. It's not just about
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following a framework. It's about how
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you think, how you lead, and how you
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respond to change. The mindset starts
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with trusting your team, believing that
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the people closest to the work are the
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ones best positioned to make decisions.
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That means stepping back as a leader,
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creating space for autonomy, and
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supporting the team through guidance,
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not control. It's also about creating an
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environment where people feel safe to
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speak up, try new things, and even fail
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because that's where real learning and
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innovation happen. This is where
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psychological safety becomes a core part
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of how agile teams operate. Another key
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concept is putting the customer at the
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center of everything. Agile isn't about
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doing more work, it's about doing the
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right work. We focus on delivering value
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early and often. And we use continuous
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feedback to adapt and improve along the
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way. And then there's simplicity, not
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just in how we design solutions, but in
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how we communicate, collaborate, and
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plan. Agile teams strip away unnecessary
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processes so they can move quickly and
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stay focused on what really matters.
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It's also important to understand how
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this mindset extends beyond just agile
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teams. It influences how we interact
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with stakeholders, how we prioritize the
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backlog, and even how we design flexible
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contracts in more complex environments.
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In this topic, we'll go through 10
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practice questions focused on the agile
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mindset and values. You'll work through
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scenarios involving self-organizing
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teams, collaboration over control,
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psychological safety, delivering
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customer value, and guiding leadership
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toward agile thinking. All right, let's
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get into the first question. Question
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one. A new executive sponsor joins an
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organization that is transitioning to
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agile. After reviewing recent sprint
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reports, the sponsor expresses concern
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about a perceived lack of control over
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the team's daily tasks and wants to
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introduce more detailed task tracking
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and approvals. What should the project
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manager do? A. Support the sponsor's
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request to implement more oversight to
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align with organizational expectations.
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B. Explain that agile values emphasize
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adaptability and detailed task tracking
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may limit team autonomy and innovation.
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C. Schedule a meeting with the sponsor
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and product owner to co-create a
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compromised solution that addresses
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transparency without reducing team
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autonomy. D. Ask the team to increase
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documentation to meet the sponsor's
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expectations and improve transparency.
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You can pause the video here if you need
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more time to work on the question. The
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correct answer is C. This question is
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testing your understanding of how to
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lead with an agile mindset, especially
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when working with stakeholders who are
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still operating in a traditional
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mindset. Agile isn't just about
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protecting autonomy. It's about building
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shared understanding and finding a
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balance between transparency and team
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empowerment. By choosing to co-create a
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solution with the sponsor and product
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owner, you're demonstrating emotional
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intelligence and collaborative
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leadership, which is what agile values
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most. You're not rejecting the sponsor's
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concerns, you're engaging them in a way
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that maintains agile principles. Choice
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A is incorrect. Supporting more
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oversight might seem like you're being
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helpful, but it actually erodess team
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trust and shifts the culture back to
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command and control. The opposite of
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agile thinking. Choice B is incorrect.
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While it's aligned with agile in theory,
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it's not collaborative. It sounds like
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you're just defending agile instead of
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helping the sponsor feel heard. Agile
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leaders build bridges, not walls. Choice
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D is incorrect. Adding more
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documentation just to satisfy a
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stakeholder goes against the agile value
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of working software over comprehensive
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documentation. It doesn't solve the root
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issue and adds unnecessary overhead.
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Let's move on to the next question if
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you are ready. Question two. A company
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that traditionally uses a predictive
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project management approach is launching
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its first agile initiative. During the
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kickoff meeting, a senior manager
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expresses concern that the team hasn't
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yet finalized all requirements and
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insists that no development should begin
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until a complete plan is documented. As
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the agile project manager, what should
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you do? A propose gathering high-level
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requirements now and scheduling a
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detailed planning phase to satisfy
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traditional expectations. B. Explain
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that agile embraces change and planning,
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is iterative, and evolves with customer
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feedback. T recommend conducting a full
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scope definition workshop to reduce
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uncertainty before development begins.
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D. Create a hybrid plan that maps all
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backlog items into a fixed sequence to
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address the manager's concerns. You can
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pause the video here if you need more
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time to work on the question. The
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correct answer is B. This question is
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testing your ability to differentiate
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agile thinking from traditional
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predictive project thinking. In a
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traditional model, the focus is on
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detailed upfront planning and locking
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down requirements. But in agile, we
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embrace uncertainty. We deliver in short
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cycles, gather feedback often, and allow
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plans to evolve based on what we learn.
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So when a senior manager from a
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predictive background expresses
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discomfort with incomplete requirements,
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it's your opportunity as the agile
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leader to coach and guide, not shift
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back to waterfall thinking. You help
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stakeholders understand that agile
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prioritizes early value delivery and
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uses incremental discovery to reduce
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risk. Choice A is incorrect. While
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proposing a detailed planning phase
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might sound like a good compromise, it
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undermines one of agile's key benefits.
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Starting small and iterating. You're
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reinforcing traditional thinking instead
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of helping shift the mindset. Choice C
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is incorrect. A full scope definition
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workshop sounds like it will reduce
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uncertainty, but in agile, trying to
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define everything up front is the risk.
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It leads to rigid plans and wasted
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effort when things inevitably change.
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Choice D is incorrect. Mapping the
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backlog into a fixed sequence removes
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the flexibility and adaptive planning
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that agile relies on. It's a disguised
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waterfall plan and a red flag in an
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agile environment. Let's move on to the
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next question if you're ready. Question
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three. During a project review, a key
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stakeholder expresses concern that the
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team skipped a detailed signoff process
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on a recent deliverable. The team
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explains they held a demonstration and
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incorporated immediate feedback instead
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of waiting for formal approval. The
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stakeholder insists this lack of signoff
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is unacceptable and wants all
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deliverables to go through formal review
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before being accepted. What is the best
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action the project manager should take?
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A. Acknowledge the concern and update
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the team's workflow to include a formal
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approval checkpoint before each release.
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B. Reiterate that agile prioritizes
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working solutions over documentation and
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skip any further discussion. C. Explain
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the agile value of customer
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collaboration and propose aligning on a
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shared definition of done that includes
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stakeholder expectations.
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B. Offer to increase the frequency of
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sprint reports to provide more
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transparency and minimize the
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stakeholders objections. You can pause
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the video here if you need more time to
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work on the question. All right, the
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correct answer is C. This question is
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about how to apply agile values in
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decision-m especially when expectations
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from traditional stakeholders conflict
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with agile practices. In agile, we value
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customer collaboration over contract
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negotiation and focus on working
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solutions over formalities.
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But that doesn't mean we ignore
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stakeholder needs. Instead of dismissing
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their concerns or reverting to old
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habits, the best move is to bring the
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stakeholder into the process and find
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common ground. Proposing a shared
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definition of done is the ideal
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solution. It aligns expectations without
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compromising agile principles. Choice A
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is incorrect. Adding a formal approval
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checkpoint undermines agile's focus on
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speed, feedback, and team empowerment.
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It adds bureaucracy instead of solving
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the real issue. Misalignment. Choice B
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is incorrect. While agile does
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prioritize working solutions, skipping
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the conversation shuts down
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collaboration, and that's the opposite
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of agile. Agile teams listen, adapt, and
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build trust. Choice D is incorrect.
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Offering more reports might create the
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illusion of transparency, but it doesn't
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resolve the underlying disagreement. You
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need a shared agreement, not just more
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data. Let's move on to the next question
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if you are ready. Question four. Midway
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through the project, the product owner
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receives feedback from a key customer
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that a recently delivered feature
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doesn't fully meet their needs. The team
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had completed the feature according to
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the original user story and accept a
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definition of done. The customer now
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requests several enhancements. What
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should the agile team do next? A reject
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the feedback since the feature was
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already accepted and completed per the
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agreed upon definition of done. B ask
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the scrum master to facilitate a
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discussion on whether the change should
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be treated as a defect or a new feature.
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C. Create new user stories based on the
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customer feedback and prioritize them in
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the product backlog. D. Reopen the
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original user story and revise it until
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the enhancements are included and
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accepted. You can pause the video here
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if you need more time to work on the
11:44
question. The correct answer is C. This
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question is focused on how agile teams
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respond to customer feedback, especially
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after a deliverable has been marked as
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complete. Agile teams deliver
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iteratively. But just as important, they
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must respond to change and continuously
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focus on delivering value. If a
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completed feature isn't quite right for
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the customer, even though it technically
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meets the original criteria, the agile
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response isn't to argue, it's to adapt.
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By capturing the new feedback as new
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user stories, the team respects the
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existing process while keeping customer
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value at the center. Choice A is
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incorrect. Saying no because it's
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technically done ignores one of agile's
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core principles, customer collaboration
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over contract negotiation. It creates
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friction instead of value. Choice B is
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incorrect. While facilitation is
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helpful, this option focuses more on
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labeling the request than acting on it.
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Whether it's a defect or enhancement,
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the real action is to update the
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backlog. Choice D is incorrect.
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Reopening the original user story blurs
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the team's commitment to a clear and
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stable definition of done. It also risks
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rework confusion and undermines the
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inspection adaptation cycle. Let's move
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on to the next question if you are
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ready. Question five. During a
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retrospective, several team members
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express frustration that tasks are not
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being completed as planned because some
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team members frequently work in
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isolation and avoid asking for help.
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This behavior is slowing progress and
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creating tension within the team. What
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should the agile project manager do to
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help the team adapt its behavior based
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on agile values? A. Remind the team that
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agile values emphasize individuals and
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interactions and encourage open
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communication and collaboration. B.
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Suggest rotating team roles to ensure
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all members experience different tasks
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and improve shared responsibility.
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C. Assign a peer reviewer to each team
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member to monitor task completion and
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enforce accountability. D. Recommend
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that the team create working agreements
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that include raising impediments early
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and supporting one another. You can
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pause the video here if you need more
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time to work on the question. The
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correct answer is D. This question tests
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your ability to apply agile values to
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improve team dynamics, especially when
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behavior is getting in the way of
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progress. Agile isn't just about
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delivering work. It's about creating a
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culture of openness, collaboration, and
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shared responsibility. When team members
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are working in isolation and not asking
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for help, it's a signal that the team
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may lack clear expectations for
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collaboration or psychological safety. A
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great agile practice in this case is to
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have the team establish or update
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working agreements. These agreements
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empower the team to define how they want
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to operate and hold themselves
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accountable. Choice A is incorrect.
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While encouraging collaboration is
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aligned with agile values, simply
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reminding the team is too passive. It
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doesn't lead to a concrete improvement
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or shared commitment. Choice B is
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incorrect. Rotating roles can be useful
14:56
for crossraining, but it doesn't address
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the real issue here, communication and
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helpseeking behavior. It's a
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misalignment with the actual root cause.
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Choice C is incorrect. Assigning peer
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reviewers introduces external control
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and reduces self-organization. Agile is
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about trust, not surveillance or
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micromanagement. Let's move on to the
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next question if you are ready. Question
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six. An agile project team is in its
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third sprint and is struggling to decide
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how to approach a complex technical
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problem. A senior stakeholder concerned
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about delays suggests that the agile
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project manager assign tasks directly to
15:37
team members to help speed things up.
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What is the best course of action for
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the agile project manager? A work with
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the scrum master to create a task
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assignment plan and distribute it among
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the team to ensure clarity and momentum.
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B meet privately with the stakeholder to
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provide regular updates and offer
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reassurances that the issue will be
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closely monitored. C facilitate a
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working session where the team
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collaborates to break down the problem
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and decide how to proceed. D. Agree with
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the stakeholder and assign tasks to team
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members based on their expertise to
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avoid further delay. You can pause the
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video here if you need more time to work
16:15
on the question. The correct answer is
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C. This question is testing your
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understanding of self-organizing teams,
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a cornerstone of agile. Agile teams are
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empowered to decide how best to
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accomplish their work. When they hit a
16:31
roadblock, the agile leader role isn't
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to take control, but to facilitate
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collaborative problem solving and
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maintain trust in the team's capability.
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By hosting a working session, you're
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enabling the team to solve the problem
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together while modeling servant
16:47
leadership and promoting team ownership.
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Choice A is incorrect. Creating a task
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plan for the team, even with the scrum
16:54
master, goes against self-organization.
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It's a subtle shift back toward command
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and control, which weakens team
17:01
accountability. Choice B is incorrect.
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While it sounds diplomatic, privately
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reassuring the stakeholder does nothing
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to help the team solve the issue. It
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avoids the problem rather than
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empowering the team to resolve it.
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Choice D is incorrect. Assigning tasks
17:17
based on expertise might seem efficient,
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but it breaks the agile principle of
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trusting the team to collaborate and
17:24
self-direct. It sets a dangerous
17:26
precedent for top-down control. Let's
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move on to the next question if you are
17:30
ready. Question seven. A functional
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manager wants to attend daily stand-ups
17:36
to ensure that the team is staying on
17:38
track and to intervene quickly if
17:40
problems arise. Team members have
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expressed that this presence makes them
17:44
uncomfortable and less open during the
17:46
meetings. What should the agile project
17:49
manager do? A. Support the manager's
17:52
participation to improve visibility and
17:54
foster leadership involvement. B. Ask
17:57
the manager to only attend when there
17:59
are blockers that require escalation or
18:01
resolution. C. Encourage the manager to
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attend, but remind the team that
18:06
transparency is a core agile value. D.
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Speak privately with the manager about
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the purpose of standups and suggest
18:13
alternative ways to stay informed. You
18:16
can pause the video here if you need
18:18
more time to work on the question. The
18:20
correct answer is D. This question is
18:23
about shifting from control to
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collaboration, a key transition in agile
18:28
thinking. In agile, stand-ups are for
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the team, not for management oversight.
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When leaders attend to monitor the team,
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it often shifts the tone and undermines
18:38
openness. The agile leader role is to
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protect team dynamics while still
18:43
supporting stakeholder engagement. The
18:46
best way to handle this is to have a
18:47
respectful private conversation with the
18:49
manager. help them understand the
18:51
purpose of the standup and offer better
18:53
ways to stay informed, like attending
18:54
sprint reviews or reviewing shared
18:56
dashboards without disrupting the team's
18:59
flow. Choice A is incorrect. While it
19:02
might seem helpful to increase
19:04
visibility, encouraging oversight during
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stand-ups reinforces a command and
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control culture and erodess team safety.
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Choice B is incorrect. Limiting
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attendance to only when there are
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blockers still implies that the
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manager's presence is necessary for
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resolution, which isn't the agile way.
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Team should raise and resolve issues
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collaboratively. Choice C is incorrect.
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While transparency is an agile value,
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forcing it in this way violates
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psychological safety. Team members won't
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speak up if they feel they're being
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watched or judged. Let's move on to the
19:38
next question if you are ready. Question
19:41
eight.
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During a sprint planning session, a team
19:44
decides to prioritize several loweffort
19:47
technical tasks that are easy to
19:49
complete but provide minimal value to
19:51
the customer. The product owner
19:52
expresses concern that this focus could
19:54
delay features that directly impact
19:56
customer outcomes. How should the
19:59
project manager respond? A. Remind the
20:02
team that agile prioritizes delivering
20:04
customer value and facilitate a
20:06
discussion to realign the backlog. B.
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support the team's decision to build
20:11
momentum and promote quick wins early in
20:13
the sprint. C. Recommend balancing
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technical tasks and customer-f facing
20:19
features equally to maintain team morale
20:22
and velocity. D. Reassure both sides
20:25
that sprint review will determine
20:27
whether the work aligns with overall
20:29
business goals. You can pause the video
20:31
here if you need more time to work on
20:33
the question. The correct answer is A.
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This question is about keeping the team
20:38
focused on customer value, one of the
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core agile principles. Agile isn't about
20:42
just staying busy or checking off easy
20:44
tasks. It's about continuously
20:46
delivering what matters most to the
20:48
customer. Even when a task is loweffort,
20:50
if it doesn't deliver value, it's not
20:53
the right priority. As the agile project
20:55
manager, your role is to help the team
20:57
stay aligned with product goals, not
20:59
just team preferences. Facilitating a
21:02
conversation during planning to realign
21:04
priorities with valu-driven delivery is
21:06
a key leadership move. Choice B is
21:09
incorrect. While building momentum
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sounds good, prioritizing based on
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what's easiest rather than what's most
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valuable leads to waste and misalignment
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with business outcomes. Choice C is
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incorrect. Balancing tasks sounds
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diplomatic, but it assumes technical and
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customer priorities always carry equal
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weight, which isn't true in agile. value
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to the customer comes first. Choice D is
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incorrect. Sprint review is too late to
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address this misalignment. Agile
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emphasizes early and continuous
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collaboration, especially during
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planning, not after work is already
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done. Let's move on to the next question
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if you are ready. Question nine. During
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a sprint retrospective, a team member
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admits they made a mistake that caused a
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production issue but hesitated to speak
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up earlier out of fear of being blamed.
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The issue has since been resolved, but
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the incident has affected team morale.
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What is the best way for the agile
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project manager to respond? A. Encourage
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the team to implement stricter controls
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to prevent similar mistakes from
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happening again. B. Thank the team
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member for their honesty and lead a
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discussion on learning and psychological
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safety. D. Ask the scrum master to
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document the incident and share lessons
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learned with leadership. D. Reassure the
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team that mistakes are expected in agile
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and move on to the next topic. You can
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pause the video here if you need more
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time to work on the question. The
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correct answer is B. This question is
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testing your understanding of
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psychological safety, a critical factor
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in agile team success. Psychological
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safety means team members feel safe to
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speak up, admit mistakes, and ask for
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help without fear of embarrassment or
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punishment. When someone openly admits a
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mistake, it's an opportunity not to
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assign blame, but to foster trust and
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learning. The best response is to
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acknowledge their courage and use the
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moment to reinforce a culture where it's
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safe to speak up. That's how agile teams
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grow stronger together. Choice A is
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incorrect. Adding stricter controls may
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feel like a solution, but it can lead to
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fear-based behavior and reduced
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openness. It treats the symptom, not the
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root cause. Choice C is incorrect.
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Documenting and sharing with leadership
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might be well-meaning, but it can feel
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punitive and risks undermining trust if
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not handled delicately. It may
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discourage others from speaking up.
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Choice D is incorrect. Saying mistakes
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happen and moving on ignores the deeper
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issue, the lack of safety that caused
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the delay in disclosure. Agile
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retrospectives are the time to engage,
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not to skip over tough conversations.
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Let's move on to the last question in
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this topic if you are ready. Question
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10. An agile team is struggling to adopt
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agile practices consistently. Leadership
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is eager for results but continues to
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push for fixed deadlines, detailed
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upfront plans, and signoffbased
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approvals. The team feels pressured to
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compromise agile principles to satisfy
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leadership expectations. What should the
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project manager do? A ask the team to
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balance agile practices with leadership
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expectations until results improve. B.
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Encourage leadership to attend agile
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ceremonies and offer coaching on agile
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values and practices. C. Focus on
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improving team velocity to meet
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deadlines while quietly maintaining
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agile practices behind the scenes. D.
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Recommend assigning a liaison between
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the team and leadership to streamline
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communication and reduce tension. You
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can pause the video here if you need
24:50
more time to work on the question. The
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correct answer is B. This question is
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testing your understanding of how
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leadership shapes the agile environment.
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Agile transformation isn't just about
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teams adopting new processes. It
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requires a mindset shift at all levels,
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especially from leadership. The most
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effective approach here is to bring
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leadership into the learning journey.
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Inviting them to attend agile ceremonies
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and providing guidance on agile values
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helps create alignment and transparency.
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When leaders understand the why behind
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agile, they're more likely to support it
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authentically, not just ask for faster
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delivery. Choice A is incorrect. Asking
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the team to compromise agile practices
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sets the stage for hybrid confusion and
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burnout. Agile shouldn't be diluted just
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to meet traditional expectations. Choice
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C is incorrect. Operating agile under
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the radar reinforces a lack of trust and
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transparency and puts the team in a
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tough position between doing what's
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right and doing what's expected. Voice D
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is incorrect. Assigning a liaison might
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reduce surface tension, but it's a
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band-aid. It doesn't address the root
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issue. Leadership's mindset and behavior
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need to evolve alongside the team.
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Congratulations. You've just completed
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all 10 questions for the agile mindset
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and values topic. How did you do? You're
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doing an amazing job of making it this
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far. When you're ready, I will see you
26:16
in the next topic.