A. Solution Demo
B. Backlog refinement
C. Portfolio Sync
D. Pre-PI Planning
E. Iteration Planning
Correct Answer is
B. Backlog refinement
E. Iteration Planning
Explanation
The two events that provide opportunities for the team to collaborate are:
- Backlog refinement: During backlog refinement sessions, the team collaborates to clarify and estimate backlog items, ensuring that they are well understood and ready for selection in upcoming iterations. This is a key event for collaboration because it involves discussion around the details of work items, adjusting their scope, splitting larger items into manageable pieces, and estimating effort. It’s a proactive effort to make sure that the backlog is in a healthy state, aligning on the understanding of what needs to be done.
- Iteration Planning: This event is where the team collaborates to plan the work for the upcoming iteration. It involves selecting stories from the backlog, discussing how to implement those stories, and making commitments based on the team’s capacity. Iteration planning is a collaborative process because it requires the team to align on the iteration’s goals, understand the scope of work, and commit to the workload collectively. It ensures that everyone has a clear understanding of the iteration’s objectives and their individual responsibilities.
Here’s why the other options, while involving collaboration, might not specifically target the team’s collaborative efforts in the same way:
- Solution Demo: Although a solution demo does involve collaboration in that it brings together stakeholders to review the increment of work completed, it’s more about showcasing the work and receiving feedback than about the team working together to plan or refine future work.
- Portfolio Sync: This event is aimed at aligning various parts of the organization at the portfolio level, focusing on strategic initiatives and overarching goals. While it involves collaboration among leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment and adjust strategies, it’s not focused on the kind of direct, hands-on team collaboration seen in backlog refinement and iteration planning.
- Pre-PI Planning: Pre-Program Increment (Pre-PI) Planning does involve significant collaboration, especially at the scale of multiple teams planning together for the upcoming Program Increment. However, it’s a more specific event in the context of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) that prepares for PI Planning, involving broader, cross-team collaboration rather than the focused team collaboration seen in backlog refinement and iteration planning.
Backlog refinement and iteration planning are core Agile practices that involve all team members in collaborative efforts to refine and plan the work, making them essential for the team’s continuous collaboration and alignment.
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