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What are the 5 phases of Project Management?

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Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, Closure

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What occurs during the Initiation phase of Project Management?

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Defining scope and objectives,
Align stakeholders on common goals,
Main objectives and deliverables,
Initial schedule and budget

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What occurs during the Planning phase of Project Management?

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Determining key scheduling details,
Resource allocation and risks that could impact the project.

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What role does a PM have during the Execution phase of Project Management?

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Coordinating resources, including people, tools, and materials.
Ensuring team is well informed about their individual tasks and timelines.

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What occurs during the Monitoring and Control phase of Project Management?

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Regularly checking project progress and team performance, ensuring everything adheres to the project plan.

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What occurs during the Closing phase of Project Management?

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Gathering final approval and sign offs, conducting a post-project review, identifying what went well, determining areas of improvement, and documenting lessons learned.

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What’s is the Critical Path Method (CPM)?

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The Critical Path Method is the sequence of scheduled activities that determine the project duration.
These activities must be performed if the project is to be successful.

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What is a Stakeholder?

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Stakeholders may include investors, employees, customers, suppliers, communities, governments, or trade associations.

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What is Lean AGILE?

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Lean AGILE aims to eliminate wasteful resources and tasks for improved efficiency and reduced costs without sacrificing quality.

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What are the SCRUM values?

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Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

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What are the SCRUM Principles?

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Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage

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What’s is the difference between SCRUM and AGILE?

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SCRUM is the Framework, AGILE are the principles.

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How long is a SCRUM Sprint?

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It varies, but typically 30 days.

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What is a Product Increment?

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A deliverable in a Sprint.

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Traditional Management is also known as?

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Waterfall

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Waterfall Management is also known as?

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Traditional

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Kanban, SCRUM, Lean, DSDM, XP, FDD, and Crystal are all frameworks of what kind?

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AGILE

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Which AGILE framework is sign board/visual based?

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Kanban

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Which AGILE framework focuses on breaking down a single project into multiple parts known as Sprints?

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SCRUM

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Which AGILE framework focuses on streamlining processes and stresses the importance of employees?

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Lean

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Which AGILE framework focuses on rapid software delivery, expected rework, and reversible development?

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DSDM (Dynamic System Development Method)

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Which AGILE framework focuses on smaller teams, heavy customer and Dev involvement, and efficient delivery?

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XP (Extreme Programming)

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Which AGILE framework focuses on new software models every fortnight, for each model, design, and development?

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FDD (Feature Driven Development)

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Which AGILE framework has varying group sizes, focusing on individuals and their interactions, as opposed to processes and tools?

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Crystal
Yellow, Clear, Red, Orange

25
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What is the Just In Time methodology?

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Nearly identical to Sprints in SCRUM

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What are the unique titles in SCRUM?

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Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers

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Name up to 7 AGILE frameworks:

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Kanban, Scrum, Lean, DSDM, XP, FDD, Crystal

28
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What is a Project Owner?

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A Project Owner represents the customer, providing guidance on what is needed.

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What is ART?

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Agile Release Train

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What terms differ between SAFe and SCRUM?

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Iteration, instead of Sprint.
Stand-Up instead of SCRUM.

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Between AGILE and SAFe, which is better for large scale software projects?

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SAFe

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Define a SCRUM Sprint

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A Sprint is a short, time-boxed period when a scrum team works to complete a set amount of work.

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Define Scrum Master

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A Scrum Master is a facilitator of SCRUM

34
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Where did you use AsureDevOps?

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Milestone, recently.

35
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Where did you use MS Project?

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Milestone recently and Lockheed Martin 6 years ago.

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Where did you use JIRA?

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Milestone recently and Lockheed Martin nearly 6 years ago.

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What is a Git Pull Request?

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A proposal to merge a set of changes from one branch into another.
Changes are reviewed and discussed first.

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What is the difference between SCRUM and Kanban?

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SCRUM uses Sprints, Kanban doesn’t.