Jira Interview Questions and Answers – Part 4

Who is considered the father of Kanban in software?

• Xavier Morera
• David J. Anderson (Ans)
• Taichi Ohno
• Michael Vizdos

Regarding new items to be worked on immediately, we have that they are:

• Reviewed by management and a decision is made
• Forbidden in Scrum, but allowed in Kanban if we have capacity (Ans)
• Both methods allow work to be taken on immediately
• Forbidden in Kanban, but allowed in Scrum if we have capacity

In a Kanban Board why isn’t Plan Mode available?

• Plan Mode is only available for Scrum Boards, but it’s a pending request for Atlassian to include it (Ans)
• Planning is not required with Kanban
• It is an oversight by Atlassian
• You need to buy JIRA Agile

The following is the most powerful and customizable way of creating a board.

• Board from existing project
• Personal Kanban board
• Board from an existing saved filter
• New project and new board (Ans)

In Kanban you start by:

• Getting corporate buy in
• Mapping out your current process
• Assigning new roles
• Not changing anything (Ans)

In this chart you can visualize lead time and cycle time.

• Sprint Report
• Control Chart (Ans)
• Cumulative Flow Diagram
• Burn Down Chart

You create a project from this drop down:

• Projects (Ans)
• Create project
• Dashboards
• Agile

If you want to add one or many users to projects without having to specify them manually you use a:

• Group (Ans)
• Role
• You can’t, you need to add them manuall
• Permission scheme

If you can’t measure it:

• You need to set up your reports to track advance
• You can’t improve it (Ans)
• It doesn’t count
• It does not exist

The quick key for Detail View is:

• K
• T (Ans)
• V
• +

A way to logically group functionality within your application is via:

• Components (Ans)
• Sprints
• Versions
• Fields

This key core practice helps build trust and reduce scope creep.

• Process Visibility
• Management Inclusion (Ans)
• Value Stream
• Explicit Policies

In Issue Detail View you configure:

• The visible fields right panel in the Kanban board (Ans)
• Fields included in notification emails
• The fields shown in each specific card in the Kanban board
• Fields displayed in a JIRA ticket

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