Quick Study Deck Flashcards
What are the 4 Instrumental Success Factors (ISFs)?
- Active and ongoing business engagement
- Effective Solution Development Team (SDT)
- Transparency
- Iterative Development, Integrated Testing & Incremental Delivery
What is the Project Approach Questionnaire (PAQ)?
A health check to help make sure all components are in place to move the project forward.
When is the PAQ first used, and when is it revisited?
First used in Feasibility, revisited in Foundations.
Philosophy is achieved when all stakeholders… (4)
- Understand and buy into the business vision and objectives
- Are empowered to make decisions within their area of expertise
- Collaborate
- Accept that change is inevitable as understanding of solution grows over time
What are the 8 principles?
- Focus on business need
- Deliver on time
- Collaborate
- Never compromise quality
- Build incrementally from firm foundations
- Develop iteratively
- Communicate continuously and clearly
- Demonstrate control
What are the 4 project variables?
- Features (scope)
- Time
- Cost
- Quality
Which of the 4 project variables are fixed vs variable?
- Features (scope) - VARIABLE
- Time - FIXED
- Cost - FIXED
- Quality - FIXED
What are the 6 stages of the DSDM process?
- Pre-Project
- Feasibility
- Foundations
- Evolutionary Development
- Deployment
- Post-Project
What are the Foundations products from a business perspective?
Business Case
Prioritised Requirements List
What are the Foundations products from a Solution/Technical perspective?
Solution Architecture Definition
Development Approach Definition
What are the Foundations products from a Management perspective?
Delivery Plan
Management Approach Definition or Foundations Summary
What are the tracking and control concepts?
- Transparency of process and progress
- Management by exception
What is Iterative Development?
A design, develop and test cycle which is repeated until there is a fully functional solution
What is timeboxing?
Used to break up increments of the project lifecycle
What is MoSCoW prioritisation?
Categorising requirements into Must have, Should have, Could have and Won’t have this time
