09. Planning & Control throughout the Lifecycle Flashcards
What type of planning does timeboxing require?
Outcome-based planning
What are the two planning horizons?
- Delivery plan (high level planning due to a more distant planning horizon, 6 weeks to 6 months)
- Timebox plan (more detailed as working to a shorter horizon, typically 2-4 weeks)
How many Timebox Plans per timebox?
1
What does the Timebox Plan include?
Activity detail (e.g. date for reviews at end of Investigation and Refinement)
Who drafts the Timebox Plan?
Team Leader (collaboratively)
When is the Timebox Plan drafted?
In the previous timebox
Where is the Timebox Plan agreed and by whom?
In the kick-off meeting, and by the whole team
True or False: When re-planning, the timescales for timeboxes, increments and the whole project can move.
False
What changes is what can realistically be delivered in the fixed timeframe
Test driven development: Collaborative testing
Collaboration of stakeholders increases productivity of test, fix, re-test cycle
Test driven development: Repeatable testing
Consistency of testing allows re-testing of previous errors and confirmation of stability when adding increments
Test driven development: Prioritised testing
Apply MoSCoW rules to testing
Test driven development: Independent testing
By someone other than creator of product
Test driven development
Define tests then develop solution to pass the tests improved quality
True or False: Testing should be integrated throughout.
True
How is Agile progress measured?
On getting something done, rather than “being busy”
i.e. number of requirements completed, not “we half did all of them”
