Agile Software Development: Communication

Question 1

BVIR for the team

Answer 1

Team name
Vision Statement
Road Map
Burndown
Burn up
Velocity
Committed vs Delivered
Narrative, Results, Learnings

Question 2

Who would be the best person to communicate with people outside of the team?

Answer 2

The PO

Question 3

4 scrum team ceremonies

Answer 3

Sprint planning
Daily standup
Sprint review
Retrospective

Question 4

PO’s role during the daily stand-up?

Answer 4

To answer questions, not to give presentations

Question 5

What are some of the most important things that external parties might be interested in

Answer 5

Performance- Burn down charts, velocity, and even committed vs delivered

Cost -Burn up chart with an expected completion date based on metrics

Schedule - Burn up chart with remaining work and expected completion date, all based on previous metrics

Question 6

The formula for calculating Cost per story point

Answer 6

(N * D * C) / V = Cost of a Story Point for a team

Number of people on the team
Duration of the team’s timebox
Cost per team member
Velocity of the team

Imagine a team with 8 people (N = 8), the 2-week sprint is 80 hours (D = 80), the blended rate is $100 per person-hour (C = 100) and the team’s velocity is 100 points. That’s (8n * 80d * 100c) / 100v = a cost per story point of $640.00.