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At the beginning of an iteration, the team will work to determine how many of the highest-priority items on the backlog list can be delivered within the next iteration. Which of the following activiti

The correct answer is C. Collect Requirements. In agile iteration planning, the team must first collect requirements by reviewing backlog items before any scope or planning artifacts can be created.

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Question

At the beginning of an iteration, the team will work to determine how many of the highest-priority items on the backlog list can be delivered within the next iteration. Which of the following activities is done first?

Options

  • ACreate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • BCreate Scope Baseline
  • CCollect Requirements
  • DDefine Scope

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    74% (20)
  • D
    15% (4)

Why each option

In agile iteration planning, the team must first collect requirements by reviewing backlog items before any scope or planning artifacts can be created.

ACreate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Create WBS is a scope planning output that cannot be produced until requirements are collected and scope is defined - it comes later in the process.

BCreate Scope Baseline

Create Scope Baseline is an output of the Define Scope process and requires requirements to already be collected and scope defined.

CCollect RequirementsCorrect

Collect Requirements is the first activity because the team must understand and clarify the details of the highest-priority backlog items before they can commit to delivering them. Without gathering and confirming requirements, there is no basis for scope definition, WBS creation, or any planning. In agile contexts, this happens during iteration planning as the team refines user stories.

DDefine Scope

Define Scope depends on collected requirements as an input, so it must follow Collect Requirements, not precede it.

Concept tested: Agile iteration planning sequence and Collect Requirements

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

Topics

#Iteration Planning#Requirements Collection#Agile Methodologies#Backlog Management

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