Start The Project Flashcards
What are the levels of engagement for stakeholders?
Unaware
Resistant
Neutral
Supportive
Leading
What is the purpose of the project charter?
Formally authorize the project. Give PM the authority to apply resources.
In an Agile project, what term is used to refer to the initial kick-off meeting?
Sprint 0
What is the distinction between a Sprint Review and a Sprint Retrospective?
Sprint Review = 4 hours
Sprint Retrospective = 3 hours
Who are the typical project stakeholders?
End Users
Customers
Employees
Organization
Mangers
Sponsors
Business partners
Suppliers and contractors
Government
Community
What is a single point of failure?
Single resource has a required skill.
What are T-Shaped people?
Combining breadth and depth of knowledge. Lends flexibility to the organization. Avoids key resource shortage due to availability.
What is the Project Charter?
It contains high-level information.
Who creates the Project Charter?
The Project Sponsor or Project Manager usually creates this with Executive/Stakeholder approval.
What is included in the Project Charter?
Assigned PM
Measurable project objectives and related success criteria
High-level requirements
Key stakeholders list
Project approval requirements, including who signs off on the project
What are the characteristics of Agile project management?
Change-driven or feedback-driven. Iterative or incremental. Time-boxed cadence (iterations/sprints) or continuous flow.
What are the characteristics of predictive project management?
Plan-driven. Linear sequence of activities in phases. Phase completion governed by phase gates.
What is the certainty about requirements in a predictive project management approach?
High from the beginning.
What is the certainty about requirements in an Agile project management approach?
Unclear or customer-driven. Needs further discovery.
How do you approach change and risk when using a predictive project management approach?
Change is possible but controlled. Risks are carefully studied and managed.
How would you approach change and risk when using the agile project management approach?
Built on the assumption of high degree of change. High tolerance of risk with guardrails for risk management.
What is the difference between a project And a product?
A product is part of a project.
What is cadence?
The timing and frequency of delivery of project deliverables.
What is the cadence for Agile?
Periodic: multiple deliveries on a fixed schedule.
What is Scrum?
Commonly used agile framework that offers suggestions for how work can be organized to maximize value to the end user. It is implemented at the product development level.
What is the Scrum master or Senior Scrum master?
In this agile framework, this person facilitates ceremonies (meetings).
What do scrum ceremonies consist of?
Sprint planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint review - can include demo
Sprint Retrspective
What occurs during Sprint Planning?
Team collaborates with product owner to plan work for current sprint. Scrum master facilitates.
What occurs during daily scrum?
Short, daily meeting of team only. Team members described work, ask for help, consider progress towards goal. Not a status meeting.
What occurs during a Sprint Review?
Held at the end of a Sprint. Team product owner and stakeholders attended, or customers review progress and give feedback to adapt product.
What occurs during a Sprint Retrospective?
Team identifies improvements to performance and collaboration.
What do Agile ceremonies consist of?
Product strategy meeting
Daily standup (also known as daily scrum)
Backlog refinement
Project retrospective
What occurs during daily standup?
Anyone from the team can facilitate. Team “walks” the task board or Kanban board. 5 to 15 minutes time-boxed.
What occurs during backlog refinement?
Product owner prioritizes items on backlog. Team members can usually assist.
What occurs during the project retrospective?
Held at the end of a project to review work and processes. Like lessons learned.
What is sprint 0?
In an agile project, this is the initial kick-off meeting.
What is the distinction between a Sprint review and a Sprint retrospective.
A sprint review is 4 hours and a retrospective is 3 hours.
What is the distinction between a Sprint review and a Sprint retrospective.
A sprint review is 4 hours and a retrospective is 3 hours.
