Sec 4 Building Solutions with Agile Product Delivery

Question 1

What are some built-in quality practices for technology-focused teams

Answer 1

Software quality practices like XP, behavior driven development, test driven development, agile testing and architecture. Support hardware quality with exploratory, early iterations, frequent system level integration, design verification, MBSE model based systems engineering and Set-based design.

Question 2

What are some roles on the ART?

Answer 2

Release Train Engineer (chief scrum master), System Architect/Engineering, Business Owners, Product Management

Question 3

What is Design Thinking?

Answer 3

Understand the Problem and Design the right solution. Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver. Create a product that is desirable, viable, feasible and sustainable.

Question 4

What is a persona and how is it used to understand your customers?

Answer 4

Persona is a fictional character made up based on research and captures details of their daily lives that lead to the need for a certain product or service.

Question 5

Explain Customer Centricity

Answer 5

Customer-centric enterprises deliver whole-product solutions with a deep understanding of customer needs.

Question 6

What are empathy maps used for?

Answer 6

Used to identify with customers. Used to design better user experiences and value streams.

Question 7

What is a story map?

Answer 7

Story maps can capture workflows, a sequence of activies that must be performed to accomplish a goal, Like a online store. Features inlcude profile, search, cart shipping, payment, confirmation email and each of these features has stories and the stories can be prioritized. STORY MAPS HAVE TWO DIMENSIONS - SEQUENCE AND PRIORITY

Question 8

How are features managed?

Answer 8

Normally through a Backlog.