Agile Project Management Essentials Questions And Answers – Flashcards
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agile project management characteristics
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-continuous improvement -cross functional teams -business priorities and customer value -incremental approach -short iterations
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agile
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-doesnt focus on baseline -focuses on adjusting plans as a project progresses -with modifications made at the end of each iteration
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agile approach
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-project team develops a product incrementally over multiple iterations -after each iteration a completed feature of product is reviewed -any change to project requirements are then incorporated in subsequent iterations
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traditional team
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-develops a detailed schedule that groups all tasks that are to be completed in 4 phases -planning, designing, coding, testings -follows defined plan set up at that the beginning of a project
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agile team
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-first begins will priority items -works closely w/ one another to complete product one feature at a time
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benefits of agile team
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-reduces risk -speeds up delivery -generates value -reduces cost of changes
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reduces risk of
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-developing the wrong thing -building poor quality -not meeting the budget and schedule
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agile manifesto primary values
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-individuals and interactions -working software -customer collaboration -responding to change
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agile manifesto secondary values
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-process and tools -comprehensive docs -contract negotiation -following a plan
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agile principles
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-satisfy the customer -welcome change -deliver software frequently -work together -motivate individuals -use face to face comms -working software=progress -constant pace -technical excellence -simplicity -self organizing teams -reflection
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examples of principles
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-team releases a new feature every 3 weeks over course of project -team contacts the customer wherever they want to check details of whats required -team tracks its progress based on how many features are fully functional
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development model
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-helps ensure that no important aspects of development are overlooked -highly defined and linear -empirical and iterative
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defined and linear
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-predictive -planned in detail before they are performed -steps it describes are taken in sequence and its difficult to revisit a step to make a change -waterfall model is an example
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empirical and iterative
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-frequent evaluation and adaptation with flexibility to change based on new info -agile model is an example
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waterfall development model
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-5 phases -requirements, design, development, testing, deployment
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waterfall weaknesses
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-feedback is late -errors are identified late -changes are costly -uses linear approach to develop a product -
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incremental model
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-made of sequence of cycles -team complete a full development cycle to develop one or more the products features
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agile model
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-overall development process into increments -ordered and developed over multiple iterations -each iteration includes a complete development cycle -continuous feedback thru an iterations life cycle
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project plan
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-helps project managers execute and control the phases of a project -scope, cost, schedule, activities, deliverables, milestones, resources -provides info about features and delivery deadlines, without prescribing detailed activities
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defined plan acts with project plan
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-prescribes the scope, budget , and schedule for a project -carefully planned and project stakeholders must approve it to ensure it complies with the requirements -prescribes all aspects of a project that a project team must adhere to
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empirical plan acts with project plan
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-acts a guide that will change as requirements change -plan should be detailed enough to get started w/ the 1st iterations of work but doesn't necessarily define later work in too much detail
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role of inspection and adjustment in the agile approach to development
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-accommodate change in the development process
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traditional iron triangle
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-identifies 3 main types of constraints -scope, cost, schedule -the agile approach rejects this triangle -scope is main constraint
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scope
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-primary constraint bc its the first constraints thats known
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schedule
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-refers to the time limit posed by deadlines -interim milestones and final release date
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cost
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-refers limits posed by a projects budget
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agile iron triangle
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-reverse the traditional triangle -schedule is main constraint and cost adn scope are the variables -measures projects success in terms of ability to respond to change or meet its main goal
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agile triangle
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-value is main goal - quality, and constraints as variables
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how does the traditional iron triangle not conform to agile values?
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-it doesn't measure a projects success in terms of its ability to deliver value
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what agile principles does the traditional iron triangle violate?
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-welcome change -use working software as the primary measure of progress -ensure that members of development teams are highly motivated -deliver working software frequently
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which agile value is difficult and expensive to uphold if you're using the waterfall model to develop software?
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-responding to change
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characteristics of the agile model
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-focus on continuous improvement -iterative and incremental development approach
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agile project management phases
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-envisioning -speculating -exploring -adapting -closing
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agile project management
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-high level project scope -multiple iterations -self organizing teams -extensive customer involvement
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traditional vs agile planning
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-traditional involves a detailed description of the project - agile involves rough estimates adn creating high level flexible project plan
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how do agile exploring adn traditional executing phases differ?
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-during agile exploring phase, project plans are adjusted as needed -in executing, project plans are not
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differences between the agile adapting and traditional controlling phases?
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-adapting involves reassessing project deliverables -controlling involves working according to a pre defined plan
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product manager
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-promotes the vision for a product and prioritizes project requirements
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scrum master
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-helps team members achieve project goals by holding daily stand up meetings
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project leader
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-facilitates the work of a project teams -tracking progress with charts -help facilitate steams to ensure they meet their goals
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business analysts
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-support an on site customer and refines the customers requirements
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in an agile project management role, how do you communicate with the on site customer and rest of the project team ?
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-help to facilitate comm between the customer and the team -communicate the teams constraints to the on site customer
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scrum meeting questions
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-what work have i completed since the last scrum, and why? -what do i plan on completing between now and the next scrum? -do i have any roadblocks or problems that the team can help overcome?
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sprint
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-fixed length development period -clear goal consisting of an agreed set of work items
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scrum team backlogs
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-product and sprint
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product backlog
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-evolves over the course of a project to list every possible project requirement -used to list all possible requirements during a project
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sprint backlog
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-details the work items that team members have agreed to complete in a given length -once a sprint starts, no changes should be allowed to interfere
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XP
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-discipline approach -provides a programmer centric model thats focused on the on going rapid delivery of small releases of software -usually 30-180 days -involves using customer stories to plan coding tasks
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XP principles
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-pair programming -sustainable pace -ongoing automated testing
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lean software development principles
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-eliminate waste -incorporate continuous learning -delay decisions -deliver software quickly -empower the programming team -focus on system integrity -focus on the whole system
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lean
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-focuses on eliminating unnecessary steps from development -eliminates project waste -helps streamline the development process
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scrum
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-involves using a burndown chart to track progress
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FDD
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-all aspects of the software development process are planned, managed, and tracked at level of individual features -uses a prescriptive and planned development process -focuses on planning, managing, and tracking product features -completed features are also used to measure the teams progress
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FDD processes
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-develop overall model -build a features list -plan by feature -design by feature -build by feature
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DSDM
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-main goal is ensuring the fitness of developed products for their intended business purposes -focuses on ensuring the fitness of products for their business purposes -provides a business based approach to development -project life cycle phase has 5 stages
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DSDM phases
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-before project -project life cycle -after project completion
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project life cycle
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-feasibility study -business study -functional model iteration -design and build iteration -implementation
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ASD phases
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-speculate -learn -collaborate
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UP
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-AUP -EssUP -Open UP
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EssUP
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emphasizes the concept of SOC
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crystal
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-includes methodologies for projects of different size and complexity -teams define their own coding standards and testing practices -different methodologies are available for project of different complexity
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ASD
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-uses cyclical framework that focuses on speculation. collaboration, adn learning
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scrum master main role
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-to help team members achieve sprint goals
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main role of the product manager in a lean project
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-to promote the products vision
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XP project team roles
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-programmers discuss and resolve programming concerns -testers look for possible flaws -designers help to simplify complex designs -coaches help teams to achieve goals
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during agile project, common methods used to monitor progress
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-updating task boards to reflect completed customer requirements -using a burndown chart
