Agile Development Methods

Question 1

Describe use case diagrams

Answer 1

Shows the functional requirements (use cases) of a system, as well as the users of the system (actors). Shows how the users interact with the system.

Question 2

Describe a user story

Answer 2

Describes how a user interacts with a system, giving the steps they take to achieve an outcome (complete a use case).

Question 3

Describe a Kanban board

Answer 3

A method of visualising task that need to be complete. Tasks are split into columns which depict stages of development.

Question 4

Describe eXtreme Programming

Answer 4

New versions may be built several times a day.
Increments are delivered to customers every two weeks.
All tests must be run for every build and the build is only accepted if tests run successfully.

Question 5

List eXtreme Programming Practices

Answer 5

Incremental planning
Small releases
Simple design
Test-first development
Refactoring
Pair programming
Collective ownership
Continuous integration
Sustainable pace
On-site customer

Question 6

Describe scrum

Answer 6

Consists of “sprints” of fixed length (2-4 weeks).
Has a product backlog, a list of work to be done on the project.
Selection phase involves working with the customer to decide the features to be developed during the sprint.
Team is isolated from customer during the spring. Team communicates with the scrum master.
At the end of a sprint the work is reviewed before the the next sprint cycle.

Question 7

Describe Disciplined Agile Development

Answer 7

A process decision framework that enables simplified process decision around incremental and iterative solution delivery.