Dev Methodology and Agile

Question 1

Software Development Life Cycle

Answer 1

Stage 1 - Planning and Requirement Analysis
Stage 2 - Defining Requirements
Stage 3 - Design Product Architecture
Stage 4 - Implement: Build/Develop the Product
Stage 5 - Test
Stage 6 - Deploy
Stage 7 - Maintain

Question 2

Product backlog refinement

Answer 2

• List of tasks for development team based on product requirements and roadmap
• Prioritised in order of importance
• Refinement = product owner and development team define items into smaller, more precise items
• Helps understand complexity and time involved

Question 3

Sprint planning

Answer 3

• Defined period of time for work to be completed
• Planning done by product owner and development team beforehand
• What will be delivered, how, and in what time period
• Ensures team is motivated and meets goals
• Product owner sets the goal of the sprint and the backlog items which will contribute
• Dev team plans the work necessary to deliver

Question 4

Daily scrum

Answer 4

• 15 minute daily meeting to discuss progress
• What did you do yesterday?
• What will you do today?
• Any barriers?
• Allows Scrum Master to identify and address any issues, improve communication and efficiency

Question 5

Sprint review

Answer 5

• Deve team, scrum master, product owner and stakeholders review completed work
• Product demo
• Discuss any additional changes needed
• Assess progress against sprint goal

Question 6

Sprint retrospective

Answer 6

• Focuses on how development process is working
• What is working well, what could be improved, how could productivity be increased
• Allows for continual improvement

Question 7

Scrum master

Answer 7

• Leads a team to deliver a project using Agile methodology
• Facilitates communication and collaboration to ensure successful delivery
• Focuses on the team and making sure processes are working efficiently
• Leads daily stand up meetings, reviews, and demos, supports and coaches the team

Question 8

Product owner

Answer 8

• Responsible for overall success of a product
• Define goals and create a vision for the project
• Manage the product backlog
• Creating, communicating and prioritising the items in the product backlog

Question 9

Development team

Answer 9

• Self organising, cross functional and non hierarchal
• Responsible for building the product and meeting the sprint goal
• Contribute to sprint planning, help product owner to refine, estimate and prioritise backlog items
• Participate in sprint review and retrospective