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Agile / Scrum Job Data



In terviewyour

In terviewer Just how Agileis this positio n?



Q uestio n #1Ca n you describeyour iteratio n s ?

(Agile) ± 2 weeks max

(Agile ? ) ± Over 1 mo n th(Red Flag!) ± What¶s a n iteratio n?



Q uestio n #2What is the teamsize & make up ?

(Agile) ± Small & cross fu n ctio n al

(Red Flag!) ± 20+ members i n vertical silos(Agile ? ) ± Large but collaborative



Q uestio n #3Are Product Ow n ersavailable for Q &A?

(Agile) ± Yes & ofte n

(Agile ? ) ± Yes about o n ce a week(Red Flag!) ± They weigh i n after lau n ch



Q uestio n #4Ca n you explai n your code deployme n ts ?

(Agile) ± Automated co n tin uous i n tegratio n(Agile ? ) ± Freque n t ma n ual deployme n ts

(R ed Flag!) ± Very large, i n freque n t batches



Q uestio n #5Do you practice TestDrive n Developme n t?

(Agile) ± Yes & Behavior Drive n Developme n t(Agile ? ) ± Yes o n the importa n t bits

(Red Flag!) ± We have Q A for testi n g



Q uestio n #6Ca n you describeyour requireme n ts

docume n tatio n?(Agile) ± User Stories with INVEST model(Agile ? ) ± Small paragraphs of requireme n ts(R ed Flag!) ± Large S RS docume n ts



Q uestio n #7How do you useproject metrics ?

(Agile) ± Story Poi n ts for Release Pla nn in g(Agile ? ) ± We estimate most of our tasks(R ed Flag!) ± O n ly use MS Project with Ga n tt



Q uestio n #8How ofte n do your teams meet ?

(Agile) ± Daily Sta n d Ups(Agile ? ) ± A couple times a week(R ed Flag!) ± O n ly mo n thly status meeti n gs



Q uestio n #9Do you have executivebuy-i n for Agile ?

(Agile) ± Yes a n d we¶ve trai n ed our teams(Agile ? ) ± They suggested we try it out(R ed Flag!) ± My boss thi n ks it is a fad



Q uestio n #10Ca n you explai n other respo n sibilities for the

Scrum Master ?

(Agile) ± Me n tor, Tester, Coder, Desig n er

(Agile ? ) ± Also Project Ma n ager (R ed Flag!) ± Also the Product Ow n er



Good luck futureScrum Masters!

David J Bland [email protected]

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