Open Assessment to CKMS (Certified Kanban Management Specialist)

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Evaluate your expertise in Kanban Management.

This assessment is designed for you to assess your Kanban knowledge, identify improvement points, and prepare to earn the CKMS (Certified Kanban Management Specialist) credential.

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1 / 10

Which of the options below does NOT represent a Kanban cadence (events, meetings)? (Choose the best option)

Risk, Delivery Planning and Daily

Review, Delivery Planning and Daily

Integration, Daily and Retrospective

Service Delivery, Operation and Risk

2 / 10

Which of the options below best describe the Kanban Method or System? (Choose the two best answers):

In a Kanban system, people are encouraged to look at the flow as a whole and look for ways to stabilize or reduce fluidity

The Kanban Method indicates an evolutionary approach, that is, the integration of small improvements in the product or service

When using the Kanban Method, some of the consequences of a pushed production system are avoided, for example: slow delivery and overload

When using Kanban Method practices, it is not necessary to make flow rules explicit in organizations

3 / 10

You are a Service Delivery Manager (SDM) employed by the IT department. The IT manager considers using Kanban practices for a new project.
However, he wonders what it is worth for all the team members to attend this meeting called Daily every day. The organization already has its employees participating in many mandatory meetings.

What are the two results of the Daily that you inform about, to express the importance of this event? (Choose the two best answers)

During the Daily, members of the development team have problems that are impeding the workflow, which they have no means of solving. They will inform you (SDM) after the Daily, so that you can remove the impediments and help the team to be more productive

Daily is for the development team to report to you, as SDM, all updates on Sprint tasks, as recorded in the Product Backlog. You can use team updates to plan your work the next day, making sure that each team member has the right tasks

During the Daily, the development team needs to update the Kanban Board with its current status and progress, at a task level. This is crucial to ensure that the IT manager can come to the room at any time and monitor the team's real progress

The members of the development team will produce a status report indicating what each individual did on the last day of work and how long it took. The cumulative reports will support the discussion of how Sprint went at the Sprint review meeting. It will provide detailed information on the accuracy of the estimates in relation to the real-time spend that can be used to create better estimates at the subsequent Sprint planning meeting

Through alignment with the Daily, members of the development team grow and improve a shared understanding of the most important work to be done next, in the next 24 hours, to achieve the best possible progress towards the goal of delivering value. This daily opportunity to inspect and adapt will allow the development team to better deal with any unforeseen circumstances that could hinder the team's progress

4 / 10

Which Law originated in Queuing Theory is widely used in the Kanban Method, as it links the basic flow metrics? (Choose the best answer)

Little's Law

Anderson's Law

Ono's Law

Newton's Law

5 / 10

The most common classifications of Classes of Service (CoS) of the Kanban Method are:

Urgent, Simple, Bug and Legal Demand

Complex, Urgent, Fixed Date and Technical Debt

Express (Expedite), Fixed Date, Normal, Intangible

Bug, Normal, Urgent, Emergency

6 / 10

The CFD (Cumulative Flow Diagram) is a graph that provides a quick and consolidated view of what is happening in the project. The CFD consolidates several indicators in one graph, such as WIP (Work in Progress), Lead Time and Throughput.

False

True

7 / 10

The Kanban Method IS NOT:

an adaptive approach

a method that implements workflow cadence

a method that promotes continuous improvement

a proven method to manage the flow and people

8 / 10

Kanban is a revolutionary way of approaching a company's issues / problems.

False

True

9 / 10

Among the best practices and metrics of the Kanban Method, we can mention: (Choose the best answer)

Speed, Burndown Graph and Flow

WIP, Lead Time and Burnup Graph

Lead Time, Cycle Time and Cost of Delay

WIP, Lead Time and Throughput

10 / 10

The CYNEFIN framework is one of the tools for decision making on the best approach in projects or product/service development.
The Kanban method is considered more appropriate if it meets the following requirements: (Choose the two best options)

Delays or stops have not been frequent at work

Company leaders prefer to adopt disruptive solutions

Responding to customer needs is the top priority

You realize that your workflows work but can be more efficient

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