Exam Questions Flashcards
Which of the following is NOT stated as a benefit of using DSDM?
1. The risk of building the wrong solution is greatly reduced
2. User training becomes unnecessary
3. The business is more likely to feel ownership of the solution as it evolves
4. Deployment is more likely to go smoothly, due to the cooperation of all parties
- User training becomes unnecessary
Which statement relates to the DSDM view on formality and scalability?
1. The DSDM process can be configured and calibrated to cater for a range of projects
2. The aim is to remove all formality, so that the team can get on with building the solution
3. It is entirely formal, to enable management and control
- The DSDM process can be configured and calibrated to cater for a range of projects
Which roles form part of the solution development team?
1. Solution Developer, Business Analyst, Technical Coordinator
2. Technical Coordinator, Business Visionary, Business Analyst
3. Technical Coordinator, Business Visionary, Business Sponsor
4. Solution Developer, Business Analyst, Business Ambassador
- Solution Developer, Business Analyst, Business Ambassador
What role is responsible for ensuring that the solution delivered will enable the benefits described in the business case to be achieved?
1. Business Analyst
2. Business Visionary
3. Business Sponsor
4. Business Advisor
- Business Visionary
In a DSDM project, what does the Q in MoSCoW stand for?
1. Want this
2. Would have
3. Won’t have this time
4. Wish list
- Won’t have this time
Which of the following statements about DSDM are true?
1. May be used to supplement an existing inhouse Agile approach
2. Deals with the development and delivery of a product rather than the full project
3. Works alongside existing standards and approaches
4. Suited to the development of new solutions and enhancing existing solutions
1, 2, 3
In a structured Timebox when does the Solution Development team seek to understand the Timebox objectives and accept them as realistic?
1. Kick off
2. Refinement
3. Investigation
4. Consolidation
- Kick off
What in DSDM is designed to shape the attitude and mindset of a DSDM team?
1. Process
2. Philosophy
3. Principles
4. Phases
- Principles
When, ideally, is the first instance that a solution should be fully tested and potentially deployable?
1. On Deployment
2. At the review stage of deployment
3. After development
4. At the end of a timebox
- At the end of a timebox
What does DSDM state that the Post Project phase takes place?
1. After evolutionary development
2. When the solution is assembled
3. Before the project is closed
4. After the final Deployment for a project
- After the final Deployment for a project
Which responsibility relates to the solution development team roles?
1. Ensure that the technical roles work in a consistent way
2. Direct the project
3. Govern the project
4. Shape and build the solution
- Shape and build the solution
In DSDM, what role must hold a sufficiently high position in organisation to be able to resolve business issues and make financial decisions?
1. Business Sponsor
2. Business Advisor
3. Business Analyst
4. Business Visionary
- Business Sponsor
What is the purpose of the DSDM PreProject phase?
1. Assess the viability of the project
2. Ensures that only the right projects are started and setup correctly
3. Ensures the project can be carried out bu the Solution Development Team
4. Plans and resources the foundations phase
- Ensures that only the right projects are started and setup correctly
What is iterative development?
1. A design, develop and test cycle which is repeated until there is a fully functional solution
2. A gated process where development can not begin until the finished design is complete
3. An early sample, model or release of a product to test a concept or process
Which objective relates to the DSDM Deployment phase?
1. Bring a baseline of the Evolving Solution into operational use
2. Create a functional solution that demonstrably meets the needs of the business
3. Describe how quality will be assured
4. Give the winder organisation an early view of the solution that they will eventually use
- Bring a baseline of the Evolving Solution into operational use
Which approach correctly reflects the use of MoSCoW prioritisation?
1. Relates to a specific timeframe
2. Only applied at project level
3. Is optional
4. Applied and fixed during foundations
Which statement about late deliver is correct for DSDM?
1. Can be really annoying for the business
2. Can often undermine the very rationale for a project
3. Is a fact of life and should be expected
4. Is acceptable provided sufficient warning is given
- Can often undermine the very rationale for a project
What DSDM product describes, at a high level, the requirements that the project needs to address and indicates their priority with respect to meeting the objectives of the project and the needs of the business?
1. Solution Architecture Definition
2. Terms of Reference
3. Prioritised Requirements List
4. Development Approach Definition
- Prioritised Requirements List
How often should a Timebox plan be updated?
1. Weekly
2. Daily
3. Monthly
4. Hourly
- Daily
Which characteristic does NOT relate to the Solution Development Team?
1. Business knowledge and technical expertise
2. Each role empowered to make decisions
3. Desire and authority to make day-to-day decisions
4. Flexibility to swap team members in and out of the team
- Flexibility to swap team members in and out of the team
Which DSDM product describes what has been achieved in a timebox together with any feedback that may influence plans moving forwards?
1. Change Requests
2. Delivery Plan
3. Progress Reports
4. Timebox Review Record
- Timebox Review Record
Under the DSDM MoSCoW rule, which definition describes the Must Have requirement?
1. Unsafe without it
2. Important but not vital
3. May need some kind of a workaround
4. Painful to leave out
- Unsafe without it
Which statement about the detail of requirements is correct for DSDM?
1. DSDM teams strive to achieve full detail as early as possible
2. Most detail emerges during Feasibility
3. Details is expected to emerge over time
4. Detail emerges sooner rather than later
- Details is expected to emerge over time
What is the purpose of the Feasibility phase?
1. Being a baseline of the solution into operational use
2. Establish how development and delivery of the solution will be managed
3. Establish whether the project appears cost effective
4. Converge over time on an accurate solution that meets a business need
What DSDM role ensures that the solution/technical roles work in a consistent way?
1. Team Leader
2. Solution Tester
3. Project Manager
4. Technical Coordinator
- Technical Coordinator
In a free format timebox, which activity is done during the iterative development step?
1. Workshop to learn from experience and to take action to improve future timeboxes
2. Agree what work will be undertaken, agree priorities and accept the workload
3. Scheduled reviews of the work in progress
4. Formal acceptance of the timebox deliverables
Which of the following is the name of a DSDM principle
1. Focus on the business demands
2. Focus on the business wants
3. Focus on the business need
4. Focus on the requirements specification
- Focus on the business need
At the timebox level, what is used to ensure the transparency of process and progress?
1. Project plan and project board
2. Facilitated workshop and Team Leader
3. Daily Standup and Team Board
4. Development Plan and Project Plan
- Daily Standup and Team Board
Identify the missing words in the following sentence.
An organisation amenable to incremental delivery of solutions ….. will benefit from early return on investment.
- For testing in deployment
- Into live use
- With minimum effort
- At lowest possible cost
What is the purpose of the Evolutionary Development phase?
1. Establish whether the project appears cost-effective
2. Bring a baseline of the solution into operational use
3. Converge over time on an accurate solution that meets a business need
4. Establish how development and delivery of the solution will be managed
- Converge over time on an accurate solution that meets a business need
What DSDM role ensures that the solution development team functions as a whole and meets its objectives?
1. Solution Tester
2. Business Analyst
3. Project Manager
4. Team Leader
- Team Leader
What are the names of the two styles of timeboxes?
1. Exploration and Engineering
2. Iterative and Increment
3. Structured and Free Format
4. Investigation and Development
- Structured and Free Format
Which outcome is related to the DSDM principle of collaborate?
1. Blame is apportioned when necessary
2. Individuals work in loose association
3. Team performance exceeds the sum of the parts
4. Exceptional developers are appointed
- Team performance exceeds the sum of the parts
Which purpose relates to the foundations phase?
1. Establish whether the project appears costeffective
2. Bring a baseline of the solution into operational use
3. Establish how development and delivery of the solution will be managed
4. Converge over time on an accurate solution that meets a business need
- Establish how development and delivery of the solution will be managed
How long should a daily stand up take?
1. As long as it takes
2. Fifteen minutes per participant
3. Two minutes per participant, plus two minutes
4. No more than half an hour
- Two minutes per participant, plus two minutes
Which of the following is a responsibility of the DSDM Project Manager role?
1. Leaves all project planning to the team leader
2. Acts as the servant-leader for the solution development team
3. Co-ordinates all aspects of the project at high level
4. Creates detailed plans for the actual delivery of the solution
- Co-ordinates all aspects of the project at high level
Which of the following elements make up common sense?
1. Sound judgement
2. Practical judgement
3. Normal native intelligence
4. Specialised knowledge
1, 2, 3
In business case, what does the business vision describe?
1. What the changed business is expected to look like
2. Business sponsors list of requirements
3. Future projects required to meet business goals
4. Objectives of the project in terms of return on investment
- What the changed business is expected to look like
During iterative Development, which testing activity relates to the role of the solution tester?
1. Ensuring that testing is sufficient
2. Business acceptance testing
3. Unit testing of a feature
4. Providing testing knowledge and expertise
- Providing testing knowledge and expertise
Which purpose relates to the project approach questionnaire
1. Justification for the project from a business perspective
2. List the requirements that the project needs to address and how they meet the business need
3. Assess whether the instrumental success factors are likely to be met
4. Scope and justify the Feasibility phase
- Assess whether the instrumental success factors are likely to be met
What role is responsible for providing specific input to the project from the perspective of those who will maintain the solution?
1. Business Advisor
2. Solution Developer
3. Technical Advisor
4. Solution Tester
- Technical Advisor
When using iterative development, what should each cycle being and end with?
1. Conversation
2. Timebox
3. Complete Solution
4. Facilitated Workshop
- Conversation
What DSDM product identifies Timeboxes for the project?
1. Management Approach Definition
2. Development Approach Definition
3. Delivery Plan
4. Prioritised Requirements List
Identify the missing words in the following sentence:
A DSDM project will always deliver a viable solution, as long as the practices of ….. and timeboxing are followed
1. Daily Standups
2. Incremental Delivery
3. Iterative Development
4. MoSCoW
Which of the following statements about building quality using the DSDM process is true?
1. A Highlevel assessment of the risks to achieving the level of quality required is done during foundations
2. Final end to end testing during deployment allows for the testing of backout procedures
Only statement 2 is true
What perspectives should be considered when modelling?
1. Financial, Social, Physical and Ethical
2. How many, how often and at what cost
3. Senior management only
4. What, where, when, how, who and why
- What, where, when, how, who and why
Which statement is part of the definition of the DSDM principle 8 - Demonstrate control?
1. Late delivery can undermine the very rationale for a project
2. It is important to recognise that projects operate within a changing world
3. Collaboration encourages increased understanding, greater speed and shared ownership
4. It is vital to ensure transparency of all work being performed by the team
Which of the following statements about the solution architecture definition is true?
1. The solution architecture definition contains the strategy for testing and review of the solution
2. The solution architecture definition contains both business and technical aspects of the solution
Only statement 2 is true
During a facilitated workshop, which action relates to the role of the workshop facilitator?
1. Represent their own interest throughout the workshop
2. Decide the outcome and document findings
3. Ensure their opinion on the content is understood by others
4. Agree appropriate action with the workshop members to resolve and disagreements
- Agree appropriate action with the workshop members to resolve and disagreements
What is the foundation summary used for?
1. Establishing if the scope of the solution is clear and allows for evolutionary development
2. To prioritise the project within a wider portfolio of projects
3. Provide a high level schedule of project increments
4. For helping to decide whether the investment in the project is worthwhile
