nerdexam
PMI

PMI-ACP · Question #534

The behavior where the Scrum Team focuses on one or more stories until they are done is called:

The correct answer is B. Swarming. Swarming is an Agile team behavior where multiple team members collectively focus their efforts on a single work item (or small set of items) to drive it to completion before starting new work. This reduces WIP, shortens cycle time, and avoids stories languishing near-complete…

Submitted by eva_at· Apr 18, 2026Team Performance

Question

The behavior where the Scrum Team focuses on one or more stories until they are done is called:

Options

  • ACollaboration
  • BSwarming
  • CPair-programming
  • DSprinting

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    95% (37)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Swarming is an Agile team behavior where multiple team members collectively focus their efforts on a single work item (or small set of items) to drive it to completion before starting new work. This reduces WIP, shortens cycle time, and avoids stories languishing near-complete at sprint end. It differs from pair-programming (which is specifically two developers collaborating on one task), collaboration (a general concept), and sprinting (the time-boxed iteration itself).

Topics

#Swarming#Scrum Team Practices#WIP Management#Flow Optimization

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full PMI-ACP Practice