D359 - Agile HR | OA Guides

Question 1: A human resources (HR) department is transitioning to an Agile framework and wants to ensure that team members can address performance issues effectively within the new structure. Which approach should the HR department take to handle performance issues in an Agile environment?

Increase staff to meet business efficiency goals.

Allow retrospectives to identify and address problems as a team.

Train Scrum Masters on legal aspects of employee relations matters.

Provide individual employees additional leeway to self-manage problems.

Question 2: A company is adopting Agile practices and wants to implement feedback loops into their processes. What should be the primary benefit of this change?

Increased reliance on managers for performance tracking

Continuous improvement and learning

Longer decision-making processes

Decreased need for employee feedback

Question 3: A human resources (HR) professional wants to explain the importance of redesigning the intranet page to the chief financial officer (CFO), who believes it is a waste of resources. What should the HR professional do?

Escalate the redesign plan to a higher level

Ask other HR professionals for feedback

Show data that the initiative is solving a key issue

Add the CFO and upper management to the initiative

Question 4: An organization recently introduced an innovation portal to involve employees in decision-making and allow them to earn prizes if their ideas are implemented. Which principle of Sociocracy 3.0 is being demonstrated?

Transparency

Consent

Equivalence

Accountability

Question 5: An Agile coach shares information about a new HR information system (HRIS) upgrade transparently across the entire organization. What is the coach trying to accomplish by sharing this information?

Delivering value to the customer

Influencing behavioral change

Voluntary staff followership

Shared work purpose

Question 6: A company receives staff feedback indicating dissatisfaction with the rigid structure and lack of information needed to perform duties. The Agile HR team decides to adopt a transparency model. What should be the result of this initiative?

Increased reliance on traditional hierarchies

Enhanced ownership of tasks and duties

Limited focus on customer-centric strategies

Decreased need for upskilling programs

Question 7: A company transitioning to Agile practices wants to implement change quickly but leaders also want flexibility. What is an important consideration for transitioning to Agile?

Focus on collaboration to shape behavior

Changes should be flexible in structure and execution

Opportunities to adopt a hybrid model should be offered

Implementation of Agile should occur all at once

Question 8: An organization is facing poor ratings on external platforms related to its culture. What should an Agile HR team do to address this issue?

Respond indifferently to online comments

Engage functional leaders immediately

Identify the cause and address the issue

Enforce a new code of conduct

Question 9: A human resources (HR) team has been tasked with leading Agile transformation but lacks experience. What should the team recommend to leadership to ensure successful transformation?

Revise staff policies

Build a new brand

Hire a consultant

Design labor groups

Question 10: A company has shifted to a servant-leadership model, resulting in increased internal satisfaction and trust. How has this change benefited the business strategy?

It helps deliver value to the end customer

It allows supervisors to manage groups better

It increases the utility of unstructured data

It implements rigid project structures

Question 11: A company is trying to update its corporate social responsibility policy in response to societal shifts. Why is an Agile approach useful in this situation?

It leverages the employer brand to impact changes

It is less rigid and can address business unknowns

It requires less transparency to increase efficiency

It focuses on business precedents and past actions

Question 12: A human resources (HR) professional is helping a development team meet a product rollout deadline using Agile. Why is Agile helpful in this situation?

Cross-functional planning is minimized

Concept validation happens early in the process

It helps plan updates after product release

Groups use best practices to inform implementation

Question 13: How does human resources (HR) add value during Agile change initiatives?

By supporting the people side of change

By drafting procedures to implement the change

By enforcing change through leadership

By obtaining financial backing for the change

Question 14: How should performance issues be handled by human resources (HR) in an Agile environment?

By increasing staff

By allowing retrospectives to address problems

By providing employees with leeway to self-manage

By training Scrum Masters on employee relations

Question 15: A company transitioning to Agile is trying to expand into new markets but wants to maintain flexibility. Which factor creates the need for Agile transformation?

Use of innovation hubs

Growth of new business

Updating the operating model

Lead time to market

Question 16: A human resources (HR) professional is tasked with facilitating a meeting between two teams with conflicting approaches to performance management. What Agile principle should guide this interaction?

Transparency

Accountability

Consent

Equivalence

Question 17: A company recently introduced Agile practices to its workforce and established an innovation portal where employees can contribute ideas. What is this Agile approach known for?

Encouraging employee autonomy

Fostering team-based problem-solving

Supporting continuous improvement

Enhancing decision-making flexibility

Question 18: A human resources (HR) team is working on redesigning the company's performance management system. How can Agile help ensure success in this project?

By implementing rigid processes

By focusing on employee feedback

By reducing employee involvement

By limiting transparency

Question 19: An organization adopting Agile practices needs to release a compensation plan but has to wait until open enrollment is completed. What is the value of waiting?

It allows employees to adjust to the new plan

It avoids conflicts with other organizational initiatives

It ensures compliance with legal requirements

It syncs release planning with the business cycle

Question 20: A human resources (HR) department is working to implement Agile across the organization. How should HR support change management efforts?

By involving employees in decision-making

By limiting transparency in the process

By reducing the number of feedback loops

By focusing solely on top-down leadership decisions

D359 Agile HR - Set 1 - Part 1