Exam Qs: Agile

Question 1

What is Agile?

Answer 1

• An approach to project management
• It is an ADAPTIVE, ITERATIVE approach
• It is planned bit by bit rather than all at once like
  a Traditional/Predictive approach
• Figure it out as we go style

Question 2

What is a Backlog mtg?

Answer 2

team will look at to-do list and decide if list is relevant. Have stakeholders asked us to add or remove anything from this list.

Question 3

What is a Backlog refinement mtg?

Answer 3

about making sure the backlog items are small enough to do in a sprint

Question 4

What is a Sprint planning mtg? When does it happen?

Answer 4

happens right before the sprint start. Team decides what items are we doing in sprint? What are we trying to accomplish? What are we doing in the next 2 wks

Question 5

what is a Sprint review? and who attends?

Answer 5

stakeholders attend; show what we’ve done in past 2 weeks. Make sure we did it right, and/or reveal what’s happening next

Question 6

What is a Retrospective ( or a Team AAR)?

Answer 6

AAR: after action review, just core team review of what went well, what didn’t go well, how do we improve for the next sprint; continual process improvement. What did we/I learn? How does team change what we’re doing to be even better moving forward.

Question 7

Who is responsible for the backlog?

Answer 7

The product owner

Question 8

Who assembles the Agile team?

Answer 8

The scrum master

Question 9

In agile, what comes first, backlog or sprint?

Answer 9

In Agile, we don’t spend a ton of time organizing the backlog at first. After the first sprint we get into details.

Question 10

Define backlog:

Answer 10

requirements/tasks/to do list

Question 11

Define a Release:

Answer 11

an iteration (agile projects are planned in iterations, hence the name Iterative)

Question 12

What is presented at the end of a Release?

Answer 12

a deliverable

Question 13

How long is a typical Agile sprint?

Answer 13

2-4 weeks

Question 14

How many sprints is a typical Release?

Answer 14

2-6 sprints

Question 15

How quickly is one backlog item completed?

Answer 15

within one sprint (2-4 weeks); backlog items are very small tasks

Question 16

What is another name for Agile?

Answer 16

Iterative

Question 17

When do we use the Iterative/Agile approach?

Answer 17

when requirements are unknown, and change is expected.

Question 18

In the iterative approach, what is the Project Owner responsible for?

Answer 18

developing backlog and identifying requirements

Question 19

In the Iterative approach, what is the Scrum Master’s job?

Answer 19

optimize team’s productivity; remove obstacles to team can do job efficiently. To remove impediment’s and obstacles to optimize team members’ performance. Servant leader; how can I help you be productive.

Question 20

In the Iterative approach, who decides which tasks the team will do?

Answer 20

the team members; They are empowered to make nearly all decisions which happen during the work of the sprint. Do not work for scrum master.

Question 21

Know 4 parts of the Agile Manifesto:

Answer 21

1) Individual and Interactions over Process and Tools
2) Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
3) Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation
4) Responding to Change over Following a plan

Question 22

What is the trademark leadership style of Iterative/Agile?

Answer 22

empowering the team

Question 23

In Agile, what is the most effective form of communication

Answer 23

face to face direct communication