Fundamentals

Question 1

Agile is a___
Described by___
Defined by___
Manifested through___

Answer 1

Mindset
4 values
12 principles
Unlimited number of practices

Question 2

What does the agile team need to create an agile environment?

Answer 2

The team needs to operate in an agile manner- communication and collaborate
Deliver quickly- sometimes 1 week or 2 weeks
Obtain early feedback: get feedback from customer
Transparency: no hidden agendas- everyone is in the know
Focus on high-priority items- work with business people to obtain highest value
Servant-leadership approach- not doing command and control- the team supports the team
Understand the Manifesto, Values, and Principles
Let those inform the adoption of Agile Practices
Focus on customer value
Deliver in small batch sizes
Continuously improve your processes

Question 3

What is servant leadership?

Answer 3

Servant leadership is the practice of leading through service to the team, by
focusing on understanding and addressing the needs and development of team
members to enable the highest possible team performance.

Question 4

Aspects of a servant leader:

Answer 4

Encourages collaboration through interactive meetings, informal dialog, and knowledge sharing
Act as impartial bridge-builders and coaches
Allows individuals to make decisions
Removes project impediments and paves the way for others’ contribution

Question 5

Components of Self Awareness- Team members to choose for an Agile Team

Answer 5

Self Awkwardness
Self Managament
Social Awkwardness
Social Skill

Question 6

What makes up an empowered Agile team?

Answer 6

Moving away from command-and-control
Self-organizing
Self-directing
Motivation
Empathy
Social Skill

Question 7

What is a higher performing Agile team?

Answer 7

Shared vision- all know the product/feature
Empowered: self sustained/managed/organized team
Realistic goals: Goal is to have balance
Team identity: know expectations
Open communications- transparent communication, ask for help, remove barriers together
Mutual trust- working together, getting to know each other
Positive environment- People can test
Consensus driven

Question 8

Best way to promote communication and collaboration…what is the purpose?

Answer 8

Daily standup meeting
time where team provides updates to each other about how the
work is going

Promotes awareness and open communication
 Eliminates ad hoc meetings
 Identifies and removes impediments
 Allows quick decision making
 Creates key inspect and adapt point
 Encourages self-organizing teams

Question 9

Common roles of Agile Environment…what do they do?

Answer 9

1. Cross functional-team members: Possess skills necessary to produce
   a working product. Consist of cross-functional teams. Are SME (I shape) or knowledge in multiple areas (T shape)
2. Product Owner: Guides the direction of the product by prioritizing work based on its business
   value; acts as the Voice of the Customer (VoC)
    Provides constant feedback to team to ensure project’s success
    Engages stakeholders, customers, and team to create business value for customer; no wasted features
    Works with project team to define product backlog and holds responsibility for prioritizing
   based on business value
    Usually possess a business background and deep subject matter expertise
3. Team Facilitator: Scrum Master, Coach, PM- Are the servant leader
   Eliminates project impediments and helps team members develop value-driven
   solutions for the customer

Question 10

Once a team is formed, it is important to cover what?

Answer 10

If needed- Introduction to agile and training on story development

Need to go through a session of estimating

Question 11

What document must always be done before each project… What does it acheive?

Answer 11

Documents the project’s authority to exist and apply resources
 Stakeholder consensus
 Business case justification
 High level scope of the project requirements:
 Time – High level milestones of the project schedule
 Budget – High level budget estimates
 Cost – Cost estimates
 This is sometimes referred to as a Project Overview Statement

Question 12

Agile Release- Product Roadmap does what

Answer 12

Communicates to stakeholders upcoming product releases and associated features
 Can span multiple releases
 Product Owner in collaboration with the business stakeholders
 Not a commitment!
 Can undergo updates at any time during the release cycles
 Should be visible

Question 13

What is the product backlog? Who is responsible for it?

Answer 13

Ordered list of work items developed for product in future releases, managed by the product owner

Question 14

How to know if product backlog is structred in an optimal way

Answer 14

DEEP:
Detailed Appropriately Higher-priority items described in more detail than lower-priority ones
Estimated  Using story points, helps with prioritization
Emergent  Dynamic and constantly updated
Prioritized  Organized by customer value (high to low)

Question 15

Name of items found in product backlog is called what? Consists of what?

Answer 15

PBI- Product Backlog Items:
 Features, user stories (short sample statement that describes a short description from the end user perspective- this is really important) , bugs and fixes
 Description, priority, and estimate

Question 16

Concepts of Value-Based Prioritization

Answer 16

1. Prioritize the customer value
   Pareto Model- 20% of features make up 80% of customer needs- address the 20% first
2. ROI, NPV, IRR
3. Cost, Compliance, Risk Level of effort

Question 17

MoSCoW Prioritization- Define it

What does it stand for

Answer 17

Define: Uses by cross funtionteal teams in conjuction with