Adaptive

Question 1

RAD overview

Answer 1

1) Minimal planning in favor of prototype
2) Iterative and prototyping
3) compromising functionality and performance for faster development and maintenance
4) used in fast moving and unpredictable environment
5) AD is framework and ASD is a method

Question 2

Four phases of RAD

Answer 2

1) Planning
2) User design
3) Construction
4) cutover (final tasks)

Question 3

Adaptive life cycle

Answer 3

1) Speculate
2) Collaboration
3) Learn
4) Helps with shift from resource based to knowledge based products

Question 4

ASD attributes

Answer 4

1) based on empirical data
2) must meet unknown goals
3) High anxiety

Question 5

ASD characteristics overview

Answer 5

1) Feature based
2) Iterative
3) Time boxed
4) Risk driven
5) Mission focused
6) change tolerant

Question 6

Process 1 Speculate

Answer 6

1) Admit you don’t know everything

Question 7

Process 2 collaborate

Answer 7

1) Embrace unpredictability and welcome

2) Most important revelations happen at edge of chaos

Question 8

Process 3 Learn

Answer 8

1) Allow making small mistakes based on false assumptions and correcting them
2) Learning is preferred over revising
3) constantly testing knowledge over limits

Question 9

Mission focused

Answer 9

1) boundaries rather than fixed destination
2) mission broad in the beginning and narrows
3) mission artifacts gives direction and help make decisions
4) good mission and constant mission refinement

Question 10

Feature based

Answer 10

1) focus on group of features
2) focus on results not on tasks
3) direct value to customer
4) documentation considered secondary

Question 11

iterative

Answer 11

1) emphasis on redoing(new info and knowledge after each cycle)
2) redoing is not rework
3) difficulty in any process shows need for redoing
4) improve processes (ensure mission supported)
5) solicit customer feedback

Question 12

Time boxed

Answer 12

1) To limit time spent

2) To make task efficient

Question 13

Risk driven

Answer 13

1) identify highest risk features and develop first few cycles
2) To identify the risk early before spending considerable amount of time
3) Processes to get more information about the risks and monitor the risks
4) Identify potential and new risks

Question 14

Change tolerant

Answer 14

1) Changes embraced for continuous improvement
2) Create processes which adapts to changes
3) independent features
4) cross functionally trained team members

Question 15

When to use ASD

Answer 15

1) Interned based software development (high speed, change, uncertainty)
2) Continuous adaption and adaptive life cycle
3) emergent

Question 16

ASD

Answer 16

1) More than AD
2) Specific characteristics
3) Considered as method more than framework