Module 9: Adaptive Approaches Flashcards
What are the 12 working principles?
- Continuous delivery
- Changing reqs
- Frequent delivery
- Daily collabs
- Motivate indiv.
- Face to face conver.
- Working software
- Sustainable dev
- High quality and design
- Simplicity
- Self organized teams
- Continuous improvement
What are the 4 guiding principles of adaptive approaches?
- Individual > Process and tools
- Customer collaboration > contract negotiations
- Working software > documents
- Responding to change > following a plan
What is the process of “doing” agile
Using some tactics,
short iterations
What is “being” agile
Adopting mindset
Being flexible
Understanding its purpose
Why do you want T shaped team members in agile PLC?
They have a willingness to learn and have swarming behavior
Leadership style where the development team receives a PM that provides resources, support and political assisstance.
Servant leadership
What are the components of a theme?
Epics > features > user stories > daily planning
What are two ways to know when the task/project is complete in agile?
Acceptance criteria or definition of done checklist
Pros of iterative work style
Quick feedback on feasibility, direction and changes.
Proactive exploration of risks.
Cons of iterative work style
Ongoing business involvement
Difficult to chunk/evaluate problems
When do retrospective meetings occur?
At the end of an iteration
What is this and when should it be used?
Starfish wheel, retrospective reviews
What are logical planning units of an iteration?
Tasks and user stories
What 8 decision points regarding the Product does the PMBOk recommend PMs review when determining which PLC to use?
Degree of Innovation
Reqs uncertainty
Safety reqs
Regulations
Delivery Options
Scope stability
Ease of change
Risks
What 3 decision points regarding the Project does the PMBOk recommend PMs review when determining which PLC to use?
Stakeholders
Schedule constraints
Funding availability
What 4 decision points regarding the Organization does the PMBOk recommend PMs review when determining which PLC to use?
Org structure
Project team size
Org capacity
Culture
____ PLCs are fixed scope with variable timeline
____ PLCs are varied scope with restricted timelines
Predictive
Agile
What happens during the concept step?
Vision statements
Product roadmaps
What are the three formats of a vision statement
Elevator, press release, vision board
If tasks are continuously not being completed during the iterations, PM should:
Improve estimated techniques
A TM is consistently reporting blockers in a standup, what should they PM do?
Discuss the blockers in detail post stand up.
A product owner is refining the backlog. Team has ask for more detail to plan the next iteration. What should the product owner focus on?
Ensuring the acceptance criteria for each user story.
How does a team decide on the next iteration of work?
Indicate next releases features
Review res of upcoming iterations
What is a part of the iteration planning?
Review upcoming reqs
Review user stories
