PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Practice Exam

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Validation in Agile refers to what process?

  1. Ensuring product conforms to specifications

  2. Ensuring product is acceptable to the customer

  3. Measuring project success

  4. Gathering customer feedback

The correct answer is: Ensuring product is acceptable to the customer

Validation in Agile primarily refers to the process of ensuring that the product being developed meets the needs and expectations of the customer. This means that the focus is on confirming the product's suitability and functionality from the customer's perspective, ultimately assessing whether it delivers value and satisfaction to them. In Agile methodologies, this concept is closely tied to regular customer involvement and feedback throughout the development process. This iterative approach allows teams to make adjustments based on direct user input, ensuring that by the time the product is delivered, it aligns closely with what the customer considers acceptable and valuable. Addressing the other options, while ensuring a product conforms to specifications is important, it is more aligned with verification rather than validation. Measuring project success can involve numerous criteria, but it doesn't specifically relate to the validity of the product as it pertains to customer satisfaction. Gathering customer feedback is certainly a crucial component of validation, but the process of validation itself is broader, encompassing final acceptance of the product by the customer rather than just the collection of feedback.