6) Agile organisation

Question 1

What does VUCA stand for and what is the response to it?

Answer 1

VUCA stands for:
V - Volatile 
U - Uncertain
C - Complex
A - Ambiguous

Response to VUCA is:
V - Vision
U - Understanding 
C - Clarity 
A - Agile

Question 2

What is a waterfall method and where is it used?

Answer 2

The waterfall method is used when designing a software:

Needs analysis -> Analysis -> Development -> Testing -> Presentation

Question 3

What are the charactersitics of an agile project?

Answer 3

1. Repeating process, short iterations
2. Collaboration
3. Short in time
4. Change is normal
5. Implement changes easily
6. Testing starts early and is a continuous process
7. Simple communication
8. Team works together at location

Question 4

What are the scrum pillars?

Answer 4

1. Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation

Question 5

What are the different scrum roles?

Answer 5

1. The product owner - determines “what” is being developed
2. Scrum master - responsible for continuous improvement and coaches the team
3. Development team - Determines “how” the development process should proceed

Question 6

What are the 5 scrum events?

Answer 6

1. The sprint
2. The sprint planning
3. The daily scrum
4. The sprint review
5. The sprint retrospective

Question 7

In terms of SAFe ( Scaled Agile Framework ) what is a release train?

Answer 7

Combination of elements which when added together lead to project results

Question 8

What are the differences between Kanban and Scrum?

Answer 8

Kanban is less strict and simpler than the scrum method.

In Kanban, there are no sprints.

Question 9

What are the 4 types of teams used in the Spotify model?

Answer 9

1. Squads - autonomous teams that are each responsible for a small portion of the end product.
2. Tribe - multiple squads form a tribe
3. Chapters - different chapters exist in the same tribe - chapter is a discussion between employees from different squats with the same expertise.
4. Guilds - Groups of people from different tribes exchanging knowledge.