Practice test review questions Flashcards
Schedule Performance Index (SPI): 0.85
Less than 1, indicates the project is behind schedule.
Cost Performance Index (CPI): 1.15
Larger than 1, indicates the project is within budget.
Critical Path has
No float, slack
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Rank risks according to probability and/or impact
Quantitative risk analysis
Assigns values to the risk
Bubble charts
Tool in performing quantitative risk analysis process and can show the probability, impact and ranking of risk.
Pareto charts
Used for quality and not risk.
Sprint Review
Customers review the partially finished product and give the team their feedback.
Sprint planning meeting
Held to determine what requirements will be met in the next sprint.
Retrospective
Conducted to capture the lessons learned from the sprint.
Risk transfer
Transferred to another company such as purchasing insurance or hiring a consultant
Risk Avoidance
Going down a different path
Risk Mitigation
Reduce the probability and/or impact of a risk.
Risk Acceptance
Do nothing.
Project Scope Statement
Includes a list of all the project deliverables as well as any requirements that should be excluded from the scope.
When are retrospectives done and what are they for?
Done after each iteration for the team to inspect and create a plan for improvements to be done in the next iteration.
Paid programming
When one programmer writes the code another inspects the code as it’s been written. This leads to codes being inspected in seconds.
Estimate activity resources
Will output the resource breakdown structure.
Earned value management
A series of formulas that monitor the value of the project as it’s progressing and generally track cost and schedule.
Sprint Backlog
Output of the sprint planning meeting, which will outline all work to be done in the next sprint.
Ishikawa diagram
Cause-and-effect diagram, used to list the many different probabilities for a projects defect.
Assumptions analysis
Involves analyzing assumptions
Histograms
Used to show the frequency of defects and inspections are used to see if a deliverable has met it’s requirements
Forming
Team is formed, and learn about each other
Norming
Stop storming, agree on how to conduct work
Performing
Team actually builds the deliverables
Storming
When they disagree on how to conduct the work.
PERT formula
(0+4*R+P)/6
How long are Agile iterations?
No more than one to four weeks
What is a RACI matrix?
(Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) only one person should be held accountable per task in the chart.
a simple, effective means for defining project roles and responsibilities
Metaphor
Using XP to explain designs and create a shared vision between customers and the development team.
Communication Channels formula
N(N-1)/2
