Choosing DSDM as your Agile approach

Question 1

What is the meaning for RAD?

Answer 1

Rapid Application Development

Question 2

When was DSDM created?

Answer 2

1994

Question 3

What did RAD previously provide and what was the problem?

Answer 3

It provided quick fixes and speed but the application affected the quality of the solution provided due to “the disciplines of analysis and design thrown out with the up-front phases that used to contain them”

Question 4

Name three problems with RAD

Answer 4

1 - No focus on quality
2 - No view of the big picture issues either from the business or
the technical perspective
3 - focused only on speed and quick fixes

Question 5

What were the problems that DSDM was launched to approach?

Answer 5

problems introduced by RAD

Traditional approach that was too big, too big, not transparent enough and not enough ongoing business involvement

Question 6

What good qualities did DSDM bring from a traditional approach and RAD ?

Answer 6

• Control and quality
• good communication
• business involvement
• transparency

Question 7

What does the iterative approach encourage in DSDM?

Answer 7

encourages detail to emerge over time meaning the current steps need to be completed in only enough detail to allow the project to move to the next step

Question 8

What do the solutions built using the DSDM approach address?

Answer 8

imminent and current needs of the business

Question 9

What does DSDM require in a project?

Answer 9

basic foundations for the project to be agreed and clarified at an early stage to reduce the likelihood of nasty surprises on DSDM projects.

Question 10

What gives DSDM a better fit with most corporate environments?

Answer 10

describes a broader set of roles than most Agile approaches giving it a better fit with most corporate environments without compromising agility

Question 11

What approach is taken by DSDM?

Answer 11

a pragmatic approach, recognising that it often needs to work alongside existing standards and approaches

Question 12

What is the summary of the 4 benefits of DSDM?

Answer 12

• Help a business better direct the development of a solution
• Prioritisation enables a project to be delivered on time whilst protecting the quality of what is being delivered
• the risk of building the wrong solution is greatly reduced
• Deployment is more likely to go smoothly, due to the cooperation of all parties concerned throughout the development