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Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India

During which activity is the sequence of numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 often used?
a. Denoting development sequence

b. Estimating development hours

c. Indicating priority of a story

d. Estimating points of a story

Posted: May 29, 2017 6:22 AM

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Islam Elsayed HR Assessments Consultant - Thomas Psychometric Assessments | Freelance Consultatnt Kuwait City, Kuwait City, Kuwait

C.Indicating priority of a story.

Posted: May 29, 2017 6:27 AM

Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States

D. Estimating points of a story

See the 'Use a Points System' section of this article
http://www.allaboutagile.com/how-to-implem...roduct-backlog/

Posted: May 29, 2017 6:54 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Fibonacci sequence, which is frequently used for estimating story points

Posted: May 29, 2017 7:51 AM

Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India

Hi Eric and Andrew,
I also chose option D, however it is showing correct answer as option B.
So, I wanted to know what is wrong here. Any comments?

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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera

Jun 13, 2017 12:12 PM

Mayte Mata Sivera

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Sonaly,

There are some post about wrong questions in the PM Challenge...maybe this is one of those...I thought that was D.

Posted: May 29, 2017 8:28 AM (Updated by author: May 29, 2017 8:28 AM)

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

The question is not very specific to yes it can be B and at the same time I agree with my fellow colleagues that D is a correct answer too.

Posted: May 29, 2017 12:50 PM

Anna Kierczynska Senior Technical Project Manager| censhare London, United Kingdom

I believe that option B is incorrect, you never estimate hours but effort. I've noticed that a lot of Agile question in PM channel need corrections - they have missing points, wrong html, or wrong answers...

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1 reply by Sonali Malu

Jun 14, 2017 7:18 AM

Sonali Malu

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Thank you for your inputs...

Posted: Jun 13, 2017 9:45 AM

Rolf Dieter Zschau Business Analysis & Solution Lead| Volkswagen Group Charging GmbH Unterschleissheim, Germany

B is definitely wrong answer, since you don't estimate based on effort but based on complexity in most agile contexts.
It's a common mistake when introducing agile, to connect estimation of story points with hours. It seems this made it into PMChallenge - as Anna recognized this is not the only agile question which need correction.

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1 reply by Sonali Malu

Jun 14, 2017 7:19 AM

Sonali Malu

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Thank you for your inputs, Rolf!

Posted: Jun 13, 2017 9:57 AM

Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States

May 29, 2017 8:28 AM

Replying to Sonali Malu

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Hi Eric and Andrew,
I also chose option D, however it is showing correct answer as option B.
So, I wanted to know what is wrong here. Any comments?

Sonaly,

There are some post about wrong questions in the PM Challenge...maybe this is one of those...I thought that was D.

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1 reply by Sonali Malu

Jun 14, 2017 7:19 AM

Sonali Malu

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Thanks Mayte! I would try reporting to community.

Posted: Jun 13, 2017 12:12 PM

Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India

Jun 13, 2017 9:45 AM

Replying to Anna Kierczynska

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Thank you for your inputs...

Posted: Jun 14, 2017 7:18 AM

Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India

Jun 13, 2017 12:12 PM

Replying to Mayte Mata Sivera

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Sonaly,

There are some post about wrong questions in the PM Challenge...maybe this is one of those...I thought that was D.

Thanks Mayte! I would try reporting to community.

Posted: Jun 14, 2017 7:19 AM

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