Agile Mindset & Principles Flashcards
What is emergent leadership?
The idea that anyone can become a leader at any point. Leadership isn’t relegated to project manager or tech lead.
What is servant leadership?
Leaders collaborate with the team and do anything the team does when needed
What is predictive management?
Project management approach best suited for industrial work, where process is defined and work is understood (but has to be executed).
What are empirical processes?
Used for knowledge work, process that are interactive, incremental, change often/adapt, and pass through reviews. They are change driven.
What is a generalizing specialist?
Each person can perform more than one task well, can take on multiple roles on the team.
What is release planning, and what are some key concepts?
Planning for the release of new functionality
- only 1-2 per year
- customer outlines what
- developers estimate how much (time, difficulty, complexity, etc)
What are the four main points in the Agile Manifesto?
Individuals and interactions OVER processes and tools.
Working software OVER comprehensive documentation.
Customer collaboration OVER contract negotiation
Responding to change OVER following a plan
What does ACP stand for?
Agile Certified Practitioner
What are some key concepts of knowledge work?
Empirical processes are interactive, incremental, change often, adapt, and pass through reviews. About creativity and discovery.
What are key points of the Agile mindset?
Think value first
Team is most important
Expect changes
Positive attitude but also pragmatic
Thirst for knowledge
Desire for team success but willingness to fail
What is the Declaration of Interdependence?
TBD
What are the three most popular Agile methodologies?
Scrum (most popular)
XP (extreme programming)
Lean
