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Question 1

what are the two things you need to know about Kanban for the exam?

Answer 1

1. Kanban boards were meant to be a low-tech and high-touch. they can be created with sticky notes on a whiteboard or flip charts. They were meant to be highly visible and a graphic display of project information. they can also be digital
2. Kanban’s five core principles are:
   a) visualize the workflow: the team and any other project stakeholder can see the status of tasks in progress at any time
   b) limit work in progress: iteration backlogs are an example of limiting working progress on a kanban board tasks are coded or colored for the person responsible for completing them
   c) manage flow: when the project manager follows the first 2 principles by focusing on the unfinished tasks before another task is added the project manager is mapping flow
   d) make process policies explicit: the entire team must know the entire product and process at least at a high level in order to be able to think holistically and understand their contribution to the product or project.
   e) improve collaboratively: collaborative work and continuous improvement are critical for adaptive teams.

Question 2

what is scrum?

Answer 2

the most well-known and popular agile methodology

Question 3

what are SCRUM’s core concepts?

Answer 3

1.iterative and incremental development: deliver increments of a product which are built in sprints
2. dedicated team: scrum teams are dedicated and sable meaning people stay the same and projects are brought to them.
3. cross-functional team: scrum teams are made of t-shaped people meaning all members of a scrum team can fill in for another, there’s no such thing as “not my job”, they are “jacks of all traits, masters of a few”
4. pillars:
a) transparency
b) inspection
c) adaptation

Question 4

definition of a daily scrum

Answer 4

daily scrum or daily standup meetings are short, informative and aim to keep the work moving forward while wasting no time

Question 5

what are the three questions asked during a daily scrum?

Answer 5

What have I completed since last meeting?
What am I working on today?
Are there any impediments to progress?

Question 6

what are the three bodies of knowledge SAFe (scaled agile framework) is based on?

Answer 6

agile development
lean product development (built integrity in)
system thinking

Question 7

what are agile’s 4 values?

Answer 7

individuals and interactions over processes and tools
working software over comprehensive documentation
customer collaboration over contract negotiation
responding to change over following a plan

Question 8

definition of product scope

Answer 8

product deliverables with their associated features and functions

Question 9

Definition of project scope

Answer 9

the work the project team will do to deliver the product scope

Question 10

definition of timebox in an agile project

Answer 10

an agile planning to using short, fixed period of time set for the team to complete a selected in prioritized set of activities, aka an iteration or Sprint.

Question 11

what is the minimal viable product (MVP)/Minimal marketable feature (MMF)

Answer 11

In agile an increment of product that is at least useful enough that the customer can potentially take delivery and use it while the team continues to build the rest of the product. Partially completed products are also known as minimal marketable features

Question 12

definition of stakeholder engagement plan

Answer 12

the stakeholder engagement plan explains the importance of which stakeholders need to receive which information

Question 13

definition of communications management

Answer 13

it contains details about communications technology and methods for example to generally State when using email is best versus making a phone call

Question 14

ποιες μέθοδοι αναπαράστασης δεδομένων (stakeholders Mapping) βοηθούν την ομάδα να προγραμματίσει πώς θα κάνει engage και manage όλους τους stakeholders αποτελεσματικά;

Answer 14

1. power/ interest grid: maps of the level of power over the project at outcomes relative to their interest in the project
2. stakeholder cube: three-dimensional representation of aspects of stakeholder group
3. salience model: groups stakeholders based on the appropriateness of their involvement (legitimacy), their authority or ability to influence the outcomes (power) and their need for immediate attention (urgency)

Question 15

what is the definition of scope management?

Answer 15

defining what work is required and then making sure all that work-and only that work-is completed

Question 16

what is the difference between product scope and project scope?

Answer 16

product scope refers to the requirements related to the product, service, or result of the project while project scope involves the work the project team will do to deliver the product of the project

Question 17

why is the project time to taken?

Answer 17

To drive a change in a product or process from a current state to future state, to achieve a specific objective.
To create business value for an organization and stakeholders

Question 18

what medicine can be used to help eliminate waste?

Answer 18

value stream mapping

Question 19

What is the definition of a transition? (p 100)

Answer 19

Handing off the product to the customer or operations