Agile Mindset Flashcards
What is an Agile Mindset?
What is an Agile Mindset?
Agile Mindset is based on a common core of human values that include respect, courage, collaboration, continuous learning, customer focus, and value maximization.
What is the primary goal of agile business analysis?
To enable effective delivery of just enough of the right product to the right people early and often, focusing on maximizing value.
True or False: Agile is a methodology that prescribes how to do work.
False
What are the Agile values in software development?
- Deliver value rapidly and consistently
- Collaborate courageously
- Iterate to learn
- Simplify to avoid waste
- Consider context and adapt to realities
- Reflect on feedback and adapt both product and process
- Produce the highest quality products
What do agile teams use to fit their context?
A particular combination of techniques, processes, and tools.
Name three branded Agile frameworks.
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Extreme Programming
How can the ideas of the agile mindset be applied?
They can be applied to any domain that derives value from creative human work.
What does the Agile Manifesto emphasize over processes and tools?
Individuals and interactions.
What is the role of Agile BAs in documentation?
Agile BAs produce documentation as they implement a change and use it to facilitate and support discussion with stakeholders.
What is the Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM)?
A set of six terms that have a common meaning to all BAs: Need, Change, Context, Solution, Stakeholder, Value.
Fill in the blank: The worth, importance, or usefulness of something to a stakeholder within a context is known as _______.
[Value]
What are the seven principles of agile business analysis?
- See the Whole
- Think as a Customer
- Analyze to Determine What is Valuable
- Get Real Using Examples
- Understand What is Doable
- Stimulate Collaboration and Continuous Improvement
- Avoid Waste
What does ‘See the Whole’ principle emphasize?
Analyze the need in the context of the big picture and focus on the business context and why the change is necessary.
What is the focus of the ‘Think as a Customer’ principle?
Ensure the solution incorporates the voice of the customer through a clear understanding of the expected user experience.
What does the ‘Analyze to Determine What is Valuable’ principle involve?
Continuously assess and prioritize work to maximize the value delivery at any point in time.
How do examples aid in the agile business analysis process?
Examples build shared understanding of the need and how the solution will satisfy it.
What is meant by ‘Understand What is Doable’?
How to deliver a solution within given constraints.
What is the importance of stimulating collaboration and continuous improvement?
Create an environment where all stakeholders contribute value on an ongoing basis.
What are the two sets of waste activities?
- Have value, but do not contribute to satisfying the need
- Do not add value at all
Fill in the blank: Continuous improvement is a key aspect of _______.
[agile mindset]
What does avoiding waste involve?
Identify which activities add value and which do not, and remove activities that do not add value.
How does BACCM relate to the principles of agile business analysis?
Each principle can be mapped to a specific term in the BACCM.
What is the primary focus of the ‘Get Real Using Examples’ principle?
Build shared understanding of the need and how the solution will satisfy it.
