PMI-ACP · Question #15
PMI-ACP Question #15: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: relatively few locations, with each location team comprised of a complete development group. For geographically distributed Agile teams, the most effective model is to have relatively few locations where each location has a complete, cross-functional development group (design, dev, test). This minimizes inter-location dependencies and reduces the need for constant cross-
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The most appropriate model for a geographically distributed project team is one in which the team is distributed across:
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- Arelatively few locations, with each location team comprised of a complete development group
- Blocations in the same time zone, working on the same systems while leveraging rich
- Crelatively few locations, and tasks are divided along functional lines with design in one location,
- Dmany locations, with relatively few people at each location developing and testing decoupled
Explanation
For geographically distributed Agile teams, the most effective model is to have relatively few locations where each location has a complete, cross-functional development group (design, dev, test). This minimizes inter-location dependencies and reduces the need for constant cross-site coordination. Splitting by functional discipline across locations (e.g., design in one city, testing in another) creates handoff bottlenecks incompatible with Agile's iterative nature, and spreading thin across many locations increases coordination overhead significantly.
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