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PMP Study From Coursera - Course 5 Flashcards

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The checklist the project manager uses to decide whether a story is done

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Acceptance criteria

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Adjusting project, product, or processes to minimize any further deviation or issues; one of the three pillars of Scrum

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Adaptation

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A collection of four values and 12 principles that define the mindset that all Agile teams should strive for

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Agile manifesto

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An approach to project and team management that embodies “agility” based on the Agile Manifesto

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Agile project management

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A state where conditions and root causes of events or circumstances are unclear, leading to the possibility of misunderstanding

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Ambiguity

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The act of keeping the Backlog prioritized, estimated, and described so the Scrum Team can operate effectively

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Backlog refinement

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A visual that measures time against the amount of work done and amount of work remaining

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Burndown chart

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Refers to incorporating Agile principles into the wide sphere of management

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Business agility

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The concept that collaborating with customers gets critical business information to the team immediately, allowing them to adjust and adapt new information instantly; one of the four themes of the Agile principles

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Business collaboration

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The amount of work a team can handle in a given amount of time

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Capacity

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In-depth, data-driven analyses of a business, community, or organization

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Case studies

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A formal and rigorous process to manage any changes to requirements

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Change control board

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The process of getting people to adopt a new product, process, or value system

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Change management

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A two-way communication style aimed at influencing and developing employees’ skills, motivation, and judgment

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Coaching

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Refers to the high number of interrelated forces, issues, organizations, and factors that would influence a project

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Complexity

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The Extreme Programming practice of merging product changes into a shared version several times a day in order to get quick feedback on the quality of the code or product

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Continuous integration and continuous refactoring

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A file type that holds a spreadsheet’s data; stands for “Comma Separated Value” because it uses commas to separate values

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CSV file

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A framework used for measuring project complexity; pinpoints five sections of complexity that various projects may fall into: obvious, complex, complicated, chaotic, and disorder

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Cynefin framework

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A brief meeting of up to 15 minutes that takes place every day of the Sprint to inspect progress toward the goal; also called a stand-up

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Daily scrum

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An agreed-upon set of items that must be completed before a project or user story can be considered complete

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Definition of Done

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A tangible outcome from a project

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Deliverable

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In Scrum, the people who do the work to build the product; also called Developers

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Development team

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An organizational and cultural movement that aims to increase software delivery velocity, improve service reliability, and build shared ownership among software stakeholders

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DevOps

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A hybrid approach that combines the strategies from various Agile frameworks, including Kanban, LeSS, Lean Development, Extreme Programming, and Agile Modeling; guides people through process-related decisions and helps develop a scaled Agile strategy based on context and desired outcomes

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Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)

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The idea that true knowledge comes from actual, lived experience

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Empiricism

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A group or collection of user stories

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Epic

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A methodology that aims to improve product quality and the ability to respond to changing customer needs; takes best practices for the development process to extreme levels

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Extreme Programming (XP)

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The core values that guide how Scrum Teams work and behave: commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect

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Five Values of Scrum

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A core principle of Kanban that aims to maximize efficiency

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Flow

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Acronym for the criteria each user story should meet; stands for: independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable

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I.N.V.E.S.T.

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Describes work that is divided into smaller chunks that build on one another

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Incremental

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Someone who is able to lead and influence others to change their behaviors, hearts, and minds to produce meaningful, sustainable results

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Influencer

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A timely check toward the outcome of a Sprint Goal to detect undesirable variances; one of the three pillars of Scrum

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Inspection

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A timely check toward the outcome of a Sprint Goal to detect undesirable variances; one of the three pillars of Scrum

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Inspection

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Refers to repeating cycles of delivery

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Iterative

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A methodology that provides visual feedback to everyone who might be interested in the status of the work in progress; displays the progress of a project as “to do,” “in progress,” and “done”

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Kanban

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A framework that aims to maximize the Scrum Team’s ability to deliver value and reduce waste in larger organizations

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Large-scale Scrum (LeSS)

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A methodology in which the main principle is the removal of waste within an operation

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Lean

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The act of overseeing the work of others; can include onboarding and orienting new employees, conducting meetings, delegating tasks and assignments, monitoring progress and performance against those tasks, making decisions, and dealing with conflicts

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Managing

40
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A version of a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers

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Minimum viable product (MVP)

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A short statement that stays constant for the team throughout the project and gives them something to work toward

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Mission

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Describes shared workplace values and shows up in people’s behaviors, activities, the way they communicate, and how they work with each other

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Organizational Culture

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The XP practice that refers to when two team members work together at the same time on one task

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Pair programming

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The single authoritative source for things a team works on; contains all of the features, requirements, and activities associated with deliverables to achieve the goal of the project

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Product backlog

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The desired future state of the product; can serve as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against

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Product goal

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What is produced after a given Sprint

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Product increment

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In Scrum, the role responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the team

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Product Owner

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A document that lists the scope and requirements of the project; used in Waterfall project management

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Product requirements document

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A visualization or document that provides a high-level view of the expected product, its requirements, and an estimated schedule for reaching milestones

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Product roadmap

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Defines what the product is, how it supports the customer’s business strategy, and who will use it; makes clear what outcomes the team is responsible for and where their boundaries are

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Product vision

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A comparison of the effort for a task to the effort for another task

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Relative estimation

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Refers to when the team has developed a minimum viable product of a given feature or requirement

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Releasable

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Indicates the approximate date when the team is expected to release and deliver certain features to the customer or user; contains a release goal, the list of Backlog items, an estimated release date, and any other relevant dates that impact a release

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Release plans

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Conditions that must be met or tasks that must be finished to ensure the successful completion of the project

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Requirements

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Refers to striving continuously to learn and adapt to what’s working and what’s not; one of the four themes of the Agile principles

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Retrospectives and continuous learning

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A Lean-Agile scaling framework that combines concepts from Kanban, Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), DevOps, and Design Thinking methodologies; puts the goal of delivering value above all else

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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

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A framework for developing, delivering, and sustaining complex products

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Scrum

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In Scrum, the role responsible for ensuring the team lives Agile values and principles and follows the processes and practices the team agreed to; shares information with the larger project team and helps the team focus on doing their best work

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Scrum Master

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A technique for integrating the work of multiple, smaller Scrum Teams working on the same project or solution

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Scrum of Scrums

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An entire Sprint spent working solely on the solution design

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Solution Design Sprint

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The Spotify organization’s version of the Agile approach; focuses on culture, team autonomy, communication, accountability, and quality to increase agility

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Spotify model

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A timeboxed iteration where a planned amount of work is done

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Sprint

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The set of Product Backlog items that are selected to be completed during the upcoming Sprint

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Sprint backlog

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Refers to when the entire Scrum Team comes together to map out what will be done during the Sprint

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Sprint planning

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An essential meeting of up to three hours for the Scrum Team to take a step back, reflect, and identify improvements about how to work together as a team

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Sprint retrospective

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A meeting with the entire Scrum Team where the product is demonstrated to determine which aspects are finished and which aren’t

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Sprint review

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A framework developed to help project managers identify the complexities of their environment so they can adapt their style of decision-making; enables a project manager to consider the knowns and unknowns within their project based on implementation and requirements

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Stacey Matrix

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A method for estimating user stories, tasks, and backlog items by assigning a point value based on effort and risk

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Story points

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A way to estimate what is needed for a work effort in terms of time, budget, and energy by categorizing it as XS, S, M, L, XL, or XXL

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T-shirt sizes

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Refers to creating an effective team culture that is inclusive, supportive, and empowering; one of the four themes of the Agile principles

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Team dynamics and culture

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The foundational concepts on which Scrum is based: transparency, inspection, and adaptation

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Three Pillars of Scrum

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A Scrum concept that refers to the estimated duration for an event

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Timebox

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Making the most significant aspects of the work visible to those responsible for the outcome; one of the three pillars of Scrum

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Transparency

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A lack of predictability or high potential for surprise

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Uncertainty

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A short, simple description of a feature told from the perspective of the user

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User story

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Refers to delivering the work as quickly as possible to get feedback and mitigate time risk; one of the four themes of the Agile principles

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Value delivery

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An Agile way of mapping out the timelines and requirements for the product-development process

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Value roadmap

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A measure of the amount of work a team can take on during a single Sprint

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Velocity

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The rate of change and churn in a business or situation

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Volatility

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The conditions that affect organizations in a changing and complex world; stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity

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VUCA

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A project management methodology that refers to the sequential or linear ordering of phases

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Waterfall project management

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A constraint on how many work items are actively being worked on at any given time

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Work-in-progress (WIP) limit

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