Most Recent PeopleCert CASM Exam Questions & Answers

The Practice Planning (or Sprint Planning in Scrum) event involves evaluating the team's velocity (historical delivery rate) and capacity (available resources) to determine what work can be committed to during the upcoming iteration.

A . Incorrect. The Sprint Review focuses on inspecting the increment and updating the backlog, not discussing velocity or capacity.

B . Incorrect. The Sprint Retrospective evaluates team performance but does not plan future work.

C . Correct. Velocity and capacity discussions occur during Practice/Sprint Planning to ensure realistic commitments.

D . Incorrect. The Process Startup (Daily Scrum equivalent) is a short status meeting and does not focus on capacity or velocity.

Scrum Guide 2020: Sprint Planning.

Effective planning for a practice or microprocess involves setting measurable outcomes and prioritizing tasks to ensure value delivery.

A . Correct. Metrics are vital to track progress and evaluate the impact of improvements.

B . Correct. Prioritizing the next steps helps the team focus on delivering value incrementally.

C . Incorrect. Agile discourages creating overly detailed plans, favoring adaptability.

D . Correct. Both metrics and prioritization are critical outcomes of effective planning.

ITIL 4: Metrics and priorities in process improvement.

Scrum Guide 2020: Planning and prioritization principles.

A value stream is a series of steps or activities that an organization undertakes to deliver value to a customer, starting from the initial request to the final delivery of a product or service. It represents the end-to-end flow of value and includes all tasks necessary for the creation and delivery of the product or service, regardless of whether they are performed by development teams, operations, or other departments.

Option Analysis:

A . Incorrect. While agility involves doing something as and when needed, this doesn't define a value stream.

B . Partially correct but too narrow. A value stream encompasses more than just development and deployment; it includes all activities related to delivering customer value.

C . Correct. This encapsulates the end-to-end activities from customer request to delivery, which aligns with the value stream concept in Lean and Agile practices.

D . Incorrect. This defines 'value' in IT services, not the concept of a value stream.

Lean Thinking by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

SAFe Framework: Understanding Value Streams

ITIL 4: Managing Professional - High-Velocity IT, which includes value streams as part of ITSM evolution.

Scrum is built around timeboxed iterations called Sprints, where teams work in a fixed period (typically 1-4 weeks) to deliver a potentially shippable product increment.

A . Incorrect. While Scrum incorporates some Lean principles, its foundation is timeboxing, not Lean.

B . Incorrect. Scrum and DevOps are complementary but distinct. Scrum is not based on DevOps principles.

C . Correct. Timeboxing is a core aspect of Scrum, ensuring focused delivery within a defined timeframe.

D . Incorrect. Scrum rejects sequential (Waterfall-like) processes in favor of iterative and incremental work.

Scrum Guide 2020: Sprints and Timeboxing

Agile Service Management integrates Agile principles into service management processes to ensure they are efficient, customer-centric, and adaptive. Let's analyze the options:

A . Incorrect. While Agile Service Management does improve service delivery and reliability, calling it solely a cultural movement is too narrow.

B . Incorrect. This describes Lean principles rather than Agile Service Management.

C . Incorrect. This describes DevOps rather than Agile Service Management.

D . Correct. Agile Service Management focuses on adapting service processes to align with Agile values, balancing flexibility with adequate control to ensure efficiency.

ITIL 4 Service Value System.

Agile Service Management Guide (Agile and ITIL integration).