Vocabulary B

Question 0

A method to communicate progress during and at the end of an iteration. It shows the number of stories that have been completed and the ones that remain. The idea is that the project progress over time, the backlog of work will “burn down” or lessen.

Answer 0

Burn Down Chart

Question 1

A method of gathering ideas from a group. It is designed to elicit a large number of ideas in a short timeframe and to foster creative responses. When brainstorming participants throw out ideas in rapidfire, and no one is allowed to comment on, or discuss suggestions until everybody has finished.

Answer 1

Brainstorming

Question 2

The burn rate is the cost of the agile team, or the rate at which it consumes resources. Most often it is calculated by simply adding up the team cost. It is communicated by the cost per iteration, cost per week, cost per month, or some other measure that is meaningful to the performing organization. If the team “Burns” $15,500 per week then that would represent the teams burn rate.

Answer 2

Burn Rate

Question 3

The opposite a burn down chart, showing functionality completed over time. Progress trends up as the stories are completed and value is accumulated. Burn up charts do not show work in progress, so it is not an accurate way to predict the end of a project.

Answer 3

Burn-Up Chart