What is Agile

Question 1

What is the Waterfall Approach?

Answer 1

Success defined by delivering the original scope on time & on budget.
This is risky and invites failures

Question 2

Agile

Answer 2

Sprint 1 > Sprint 2 > Sprint 3
A systematic approach to controlling risk and delivering value.
Accept the fact that not everything can be predicted at the start.

Question 3

What is the Empirical Process Control

Answer 3

Transparency
Inspection
Adaptation

Question 4

PDCA

Answer 4

Plan > Do > Check > Act

This is an empirical model for improvement and change

Question 5

OODA

Answer 5

Observe > Orient > Decide > Act

This is an empirical model for improvement and change

Question 6

BML

Answer 6

Build > Measure > Learn

This is an empirical model for improvement and change

Question 7

TAC

Answer 7

Thought > Act > Conversation

This is an empirical model for improvement and change

Question 8

DMAIC

Answer 8

Define > Measure > Analyse > Improve > Control

This is an empirical model for improvement and change

Question 9

What is the Iron Triangle

Answer 9

Agile projects allow a choice of which parameter to vary, with the exception of Quality

All project have 3 main variables - Time > Cost > Scope

Traditional projects fix ‘Scope’, then estimate time and cost.

Question 10

Cone of Uncertainty

Answer 10

At the beginning of any project we don’t know exactly how long a project is going to take.

Question 11

Economic Case for Agile

Answer 11

Successful: Waterfall 14% vs Agile=42%
Challenged: Waterfall 57% vs Agile=49%
Failed: Waterfall 29% vs Agile=9%