PMI-ACP Study Cards

Question 1

Refers to different types of iterative development.

Build things in small increments.

Scum is the most common method of agile.

Answer 1

Agile

Question 2

Who is the designated person that represents the customer on the project?

Answer 2

Product Owner

Question 3

What are the 4 Values of Agile Manifesto

Answer 3

1. Individuals & Interactions Over Processes and tools
2. Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation
3. Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation
4. Responding to Change Over Following a Plan.

Question 4

Is used in XP to explain designs and create a shared vision between customers and development team.

Answer 4

Metaphor

Question 5

The bottleneck activity is the one immediately after the widening activity

Answer 5

Cumulative Flow Diagram

Question 6

This will show how much points are worth of work the team is conducting per iteration.

Answer 6

Velocity Chart

Question 7

This is when you bring a panel of experts together and anonymously get their opinions to come up with a decision such as estimations on story points.

Answer 7

Wideband Delphi

Question 8

This is defined as when one programmer writes the code another inspects the code as it’s been written.

Answer 8

Pair Programming

Question 9

What one person describes, is often different from how another person interprets it

Answer 9

Gulf of Evaluation

Question 10

This displays work that remains to be done

Answer 10

Burn down Chart

Question 11

The team inspects the methods they used to build an increment

Answer 11

Sprint Retrospective

Question 12

Used in XP when the team writes tests prior to developing the code

Answer 12

Test Driven Development

Question 13

Planning is done at multiple points in time as data becomes available

Answer 13

Rolling Wave Planning

Question 14

A visual representation of the flow of information through a process in which you can identify waste such as waiting time and optimize the process

Answer 14

Value Stream Map

Question 15

This optimization as a whole is to see a system more than the sum of its pasts

Answer 15

Lean Software Development

Question 16

Provides information on something that has already happened.

Answer 16

Lagging Metrics

Question 17

When will customers have the ability to evaluate the completed increment that was done in that Sprint and to provide their feedback?

Answer 17

Sprint Review Meeting

Question 18

What activity is done during the step of generate insights into the data?

Answer 18

Fishbone Analysis

Question 19

Who determines and prioritizes the next iteration?

Answer 19

The Product Owner

Question 20

When product conforms to the specifications?

Answer 20

Verification

Question 21

Has no value in Agile Projects

Answer 21

Work In Progress (WIP)

Question 22

What two factors should be considered when calculating total cycle time?

Answer 22

Value-Added and Non-Value-Added Time

Question 23

Deliver Fast
Empower The Team
Eliminate Waste
Create Knowledge
Build Quality In
Delay Decision Making
Optimize the whole

Answer 23

Lean Software Development Principles

Question 24

Serves as a Product Roadmap

Answer 24

Story Maps

Question 25

Set the Stage Gather Data Generate Insights Decide What To Do Close The Retrospective

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Sprint Retrospective

Question 26

Short Iterations Many Unknowns Expects Change It's invisible

Answer 26

Knowledge Work

Question 27

Based on our experience and observations?

Answer 27

Empirical

Question 28

Three Pillars of Scrum

Answer 28

Transparency Inspection Adaption

Question 29

Welcome and expect change Create small value - added increments Feedback loops Constantly learn through discovery and creativity Focus on developing a value for stakeholders It's okay to fail fast Deliver value throughout the project Constantly improve upon the project and the project work.

Answer 29

Core Principles of Agile

Question 30

Which Manifesto are the following related to: Most important Projects are completed by people not processes and tools Agile projects are people driven

Answer 30

Individual and Interactions over Processes and Tools

Question 31

Which Manifesto are the following related to: Value is about the purpose Documentation is barely sufficient Documentations adds no value

Answer 31

Working Software Over Comprehensive Documentation

Question 32

Which Manifesto are the following related to: Agile is flexible, accommodating, and willing to change. Contracts are often ridge/uncooperative Agile Contracts must accommodate changes

Answer 32

Customer Collaboration Over Contract Negotiation

Question 33

Which Manifesto are the following related to: Agile Welcomes Change Agile Projects have uncertainty upfront

Answer 33

Responding To Change Over Following a Plan

Question 34

Most important items are worked on first Always prioritized before the current sprint The team estimates their capacity to attack the items

Answer 34

Product Backlog

Question 35

What are the Scrum Artifacts

Answer 35

Product Increment Product Backlog Sprint Backlog

Question 36

Subset of the product backlog The work we're doing for the current sprint Goal for the current iteration Updated and refined by the development team

Answer 36

Sprint Backlog

Question 37

Define and Write the acceptability tests

Answer 37

Testers

Question 38

XP Team Roles

Answer 38

Coach Customer Programmer Testers

Question 39

The developers who write the code

Answer 39

Programmer

Question 40

Compiling the code frequently throughout the day Programmers check-in code to the code repository

Answer 40

Continuous Integration

Question 41

Cleaning up the code Removing duplicated code Increase Cohesion

Answer 41

Refactoring

Question 42

What is Simple Design (XP Core)?

Answer 42

Simple design is a risk mitigation approach keeping things simple and straightforward

Question 43

Backlog of things that should be done but aren’t because of a push to deliver featured. This increases the cost of the project.

Answer 43

Technical Debt

Question 44

Making sure that the product manufactured is acceptable to the customers.

Answer 44

Validation

Question 45

Is a period of time where designated work is completed.

Answer 45

Timebox

Question 46

Product confirms to the specifications

Answer 46

Verification