Development Approach and Life Cycle

Question 1

What is a deliverable?

Answer 1

Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.

Question 2

What is a development approach?

Answer 2

A method used to create and evolve the product, service, or result during the project life cycle, such as predictive, iterative, incremental, adaptive, or hybrid model.

Question 3

What is cadence?

Answer 3

A rhythm of activities conducted throughout the project.

Question 4

What is a project phase?

Answer 4

A collection of logically related project activities that culminate in the completion of one or more deliverables.

Question 5

What is a project phase?

Answer 5

A collection of logically related project activities that culminate in the completion of one or more deliverables.

Question 6

What is a project life cycle?

Answer 6

The series, or phases, that a project passes through from its start to its completion.

Question 7

What are some examples of different delivery cadences?

Answer 7

Single delivery - at the end of the project
Multiple deliveries - throughout the project
Periodic deliveries - multiple on a fixed delivery schedule
Continuous delivery - delivering feature increments to customers

Question 8

What are the most commonly used development approaches?

Answer 8

Predictive
Adaptive
Hybrid

Question 9

When is a predictive approach most commonly useful?

Answer 9

When the product and the project requirements can be defined, collected, and analyzed at the start of the project (commonly called waterfall approach).

Question 10

What is a hybrid approach?

Answer 10

A combination of adaptive and predictive approaches.

Question 11

What is an adaptive approach?

Answer 11

Adaptive approaches use iterative and incremental approaches.