What is Agile Software Development? - ANSWER A conceptual framework for software engineering that promotes development iteration throughout the lifecycle of the project
What are characteristics of Agile Methods? - ANS
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What is Agile Software Development? - ANSWER A conceptual framework for software engineering that promotes development iteration throughout the lifecycle of the project
What are characteristics of Agile Methods? - ANSWER Modularity
Iterative
time-Bound
Incremental
Convergent
People-oriented
Collaborative
Extreme Programming (XP) - ANSWER A pragmatic approach to program development that emphasizes business results first an takes an incremental, get-something-started approach to building the product, using continual testing and revision.
Agile Unified Process - ANSWER A simplified version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) developed by Scott Amble
Scrum - ANSWER Involves implementing a small number of customers requirements in sprint cycles
Feature-driven development (FDD) - ANSWER A model-driven , short - iteration process
Crystal Family of methods - ANSWER heavy emphasis on the importance of communication among people involved in the project.
What does it mean to say a Scrum team is cross functional? - ANSWER It means that the team has all the skills necessary to turn Product Backlog Items into a done Increment.
What role is the Scrum Master often likened to for the Scrum team? - ANSWER Coach and trainer
Who grants authority to a Scrum Master? - ANSWER The team
What happens in the daily Scrum or standup? - ANSWER Meetings are typically held in the same location and at the same time each day. Ideally, a daily scrum meeting is held in the morning, as it helps set the context for the coming day's work. These scrum meetings are strictly time-boxed to 15 minutes.Then the Scrum Master asks a series of 3 questions: 1.What did you do yesterday?What will you do today?Are there any impediments in your way?
What is "snowplowing"? - ANSWER Pushing user stories into future iterations
What is a good way to end a stand-up meeting? - ANSWER Ask team members to share any wins they've experienced on the project.
What happens in the Explore phase of an Agile process? - ANSWER This phase is all about collaboration between business to technical team members. The daily standup meeting happens and discuss anything they need. The project manager just observes the team to see what is unresolved.
Who should control the priority of features implemented in a project? - ANSWER Product Owner
How are projects managed and implemented in Agile project management? - ANSWER The team itself assumes agile project management roles when determining how to best achieve the product goals (as established by the product owner). Team members will collaboratively decide which person should work on which tasks, which technical practices are necessary to achieve stated quality goals, and so on.
According to the Lynda.com Agile Project Management video, what are the five stages of the Agile life cycle? - ANSWER Envision -> Speculate-> Explore-> Adapt-> Close
When collaborating during the Explore phase, what is one role of the project manager? - ANSWER To observe the team and to see what is unresolved.
What is the primary purpose of the Speculate phase in an Agile process? - ANSWER The primary purpose of the speculate phase is for the business and technical teams to identify the features for this iteration. If this is not the 1st iteration you need to review past features that have not been completed
What types of projects are good candidates for Agile project management? - ANSWER Aggressive deadlines, a high degree of complexity, and a high degree of novelty (uniqueness) to them.
What is the term that describes how many functions/features/user stories an Agile team completes in the average sprint? - ANSWER Velocity
What is a Project Brief? - ANSWER The project brief is the final stage in the process of defining the client's requirements for the development of a built asset.
The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method uses sequential development, what type of development occurs in Scrum and other Agile methods? - ANSWER Incremental and Iterative
Who creates the prioritized wish list called a product backlog? - ANSWER Scrum master, Product Owner, and Team
Who should attend the Sprint Retrospective meeting? - ANSWER Scrum Master and Scrum Team
What happens during the Pre-Project/Kickoff meeting? - ANSWER - A special form of Sprint Planning Meeting
-Meeting before the begin the Project
-Scrum Master goes through checklist
What is a user story in the Scrum framework? - ANSWER Requirements for a system, expressed as a prioritized list of Backlog Items in the Product Backlog
How does the product backlog differ from the sprint backlog? - ANSWER Product backlog:
-List of desired work on the project
-prioritized by product owner
-Created during the Sprint Planning Meeting
-Can be changed and reprioritized before each planning meeting
Sprint backlog:
-a subset of Product backlog items, which define the work for a sprint
-created by team members
-each item has own status
-updated daily
-Team can add or subtract from list - product owner cannot
According to Schwaber and Sutherland, what theory is Scrum founded upon? - ANSWER The chicken and the pigs.
In general, who can cancel a sprint? - ANSWER Product Owner
What is artifact transparency? What is an artifact in Scrum? - ANSWER Everyone involved correctly understands the state of the artifact, completion, functionality, maintainability, goal completion.
In the Scrum framework, who is responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices? - ANSWER Scrum Master
What was the origin of the Scrum approach to Agile software development? - ANSWER Rugby
What are the main roles in Scrum? - ANSWER Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Scrum is iterative, what is an iteration is called? - ANSWER A sprint
Who is responsible for maximizing return on investment (ROI) by identifying product
features, translating these into a prioritized feature list, deciding which should be at the top of the list for the next Sprint, and continually re-prioritizing and refining the list? - ANSWER Product Owner
In general, how many people are members of a Scrum team? - ANSWER 5-9
Can the Scrum Master and the Product Owner be the same individual? - ANSWER Not if the product owner is considered to be the client.
The first step in Scrum is for the Product Owner to articulate the product vision. Eventually, this evolves into a refined and prioritized list of features called the - ANSWER Product Backlog
A Scrum team meets daily for approximately how many minutes? - ANSWER 15 minutes
In Scrum, what is the overall prioritized work for a project called? - ANSWER Product Backlog
In Scrum, what is the person in charge of the tracking progress and the updates for the Scrum called? - ANSWER Scrum Master
When is often a good time of day to hold a Scrum status meeting? - ANSWER 8 or 9 am
How often should Scrum project status meetings (Standups) be held? - ANSWER Daily
What do you infer or conclude from the following user story? As a sales agent, I want a client search feature so that I can find my preferred clients quickly and easily. Is it too broad? Is it too detailed and too narrow in scope? - ANSWER Need clarification on quick and easy for UI testing.
You are a Scrum Master or coach facilitating a retrospective meeting. What is the main purpose that you must ensure during the meeting? - ANSWER Inspect and adapt, look back at how, not what to do (even) better next time.
Involving a Scrum team in planning and estimating task times and providing early feedback on delivery velocity helps mitigate what kind of risk? - ANSWER Schedule flaws
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