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Agile in the Real World

Spaced Recall Warm-up

2 min · Agile in the Real World

Begin with four ungraded retrieval prompts from Modules 3 and 4. Module 5 will reuse every idea: outputs versus outcomes, the value clause in a user story, the relationship among WIP, throughput, and lead time, and the habit of changing how work is done.

Every answer provides feedback, attempts are unlimited, and the activity does not contribute a score or certificate claim.

Knowledge check

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Practice · formative check

Four quick pulls from memory

Retrieve four ideas that Module 5 will reuse. This warm-up is ungraded and retryable.

Concepts: outputs and outcomes, user-story value, Little's Law, inspect and adapt

1. “We shipped nine features” is an output; “support calls dropped” is what?

2. Which user-story clause most quickly reveals a feature whose stated value only repeats the feature?

3. If throughput remains steady and a team doubles work in progress, average lead time will roughly do what?

4. Complete the diagnostic: what outcome improved recently, and what did the team do next?

There is no attempt limit or pass/fail state. Completing the check only enables the lesson's separate explicit completion control; it never records completion or certificate eligibility itself.

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Answer and feedback guide

“We shipped nine features” is an output; “support calls dropped” is what?

  • Another output: A shipped item is an output. A changed condition experienced after delivery is an outcome.
  • An outcome (best answer): Correct. It describes a change rather than something produced.
  • An activity: Activity describes work performed; this statement describes what changed.
  • An estimate: No forecast is being made. The statement reports a change.

Which user-story clause most quickly reveals a feature whose stated value only repeats the feature?

  • The “as a” clause: The user matters, but the value claim lives in the final clause.
  • The acceptance criteria: Criteria test the result; the circular value claim appears earlier in the story.
  • The “so that” clause (best answer): Correct. If it merely restates the item, the story is an output in disguise.
  • The story points: An estimate cannot explain why the work matters.

If throughput remains steady and a team doubles work in progress, average lead time will roughly do what?

  • Halve: More simultaneous work increases, rather than reduces, time in the system.
  • Stay unchanged: With throughput steady, lead time changes in proportion to WIP.
  • Double (best answer): Correct. Lead time equals WIP divided by throughput under stable conditions.
  • Become unmeasurable: The relationship remains measurable when the stated assumptions hold.

Complete the diagnostic: what outcome improved recently, and what did the team do next?

  • Count its ceremonies: Ceremony count measures activity, not whether the team learned.
  • Change how it works (best answer): Correct. Outcomes moving and the way of working evolving form a learning loop.
  • Increase velocity: Velocity can rise without improving an outcome.
  • Grow the backlog: More queued work is not evidence of learning or improvement.

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