Agile Practice

Question 1

Definable Work

Answer 1

Characterized by clear procedures that have proved successful; low levels of execution, uncertainty, risk
Examples: production of a car, home design, appliance pro

Question 2

High-Uncertainty Work

Answer 2

New design, problem solving, and not done work; it’s exploratory. SMEs need to collaborate and solve problems to create solutions. High rates of change and complexity and risk.

Examples: teachers, doctors, lawyers, product designers

Question 3

Values of the Agile Manifesto

Answer 3

Individuals and interactions
Working software
Customer collaboration
Responding to change

Question 4

Principles of the Agile Manifesto

Answer 4

1. Satisfy the customer
2. Welcome changing requirements
3. Deliver working software
4. Deliver working software frequently
5. Build projects around motivated individuals
6. Face-to-face conversations
7. Working software measures success
8. Constant pace indefinitely
9. Attention to technical excellence and good design
10. Simplicity- maximize the amount of work not done
11. Form self-organizing teams
12. Team reflection on how to become more effective, then tune and adjust

Question 5

Agile approach

Answer 5

Any approach, technique, framework, method, or practice that fulfills the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto

Subset of Lean because it focuses on value, small batch sizes and elimination of waste, transparent, adapting to change, continuous improvement

Customer-based; delivery on a frequent basis. The deliverables creates feedback for the team. The team uses the feedback to plan and replan the next chunk of work.

Question 6

The Kanban Method

Answer 6

Start where you are approach; easy to progress to other agile approaches; less disruptive

Question 7

Project Life Cycle
Iterative and incremental approach

Answer 7

Short feedback loops
Frequent adaptation of process
Reprioritization
Regularly updated plans
Frequent delivery

Question 8

Predictive Life Cycle

Answer 8

A more traditional approach, with the bulk of work being done up-front, then executing in a single pass which is sequential

Use this when there isn’t an opportunity for prototyping and interim deliverables

Question 9

Disruptive technologies

Answer 9

Innovation that creates a new market and value network or enters at the bottom of an existing market and eventually displaces established market-leading firms, products and alliances

Example- Cloud-Computing

Question 10

Agile Strategies to fulfill values and principles

Answer 10

1. Adopt a formal agile approach- project management approach that involves breaking the project into phases and emphasizes continuous collaboration and improvement
2. Implement changes to project practices in a manner that fits the project context
   Example- dividing a larger project into several releases; use timeboxes/iterations