Working in Agile

Question 1

Steps of Agile

Answer 1

6 steps:

1. Product Backlog
2. Sprint Backlog
3. Sprint Planning
4. Daily Stand-ups
5. Sprint Demo
6. Sprint Review/Retrospective

Question 2

Product Backlog

Answer 2

A list of tasks to be completed in a project - made from requirements by client

Question 3

Sprint Backlog

Answer 3

A list of all requirements that the team will work on in the upcoming sprint, taken from product backlog, according to urgency

Question 4

Sprint Planning

Answer 4

Scrum master assigns tasks to all the team members and start the sprint accordingly

Question 5

Daily Stand-up

Answer 5

Every day, the scrum master hosts a 15 minutes meeting and asks 3 things to every team member
1. What did you do yesterday?
2. What are you going to do today ?
3. Do you have any bloakage/issue?

Question 6

Sprint Demo

Answer 6

Scrum Master conducts a sprint demo on the last day of the sprint. The demo is to show client what we have accomplished in the sprint

Question 7

Sprint Review/Retrospective

Answer 7

On the last day of the Sprint, a meeting with internal team members are held where 3 items are discussed that will help create a ‘lesson and learning’ document:
1. What went well in this sprint?
2. What did not go well?
3. How can we make our future sprint better?

Question 8

KanBan

Answer 8

• A part of Agile, but not a part of Scrum
• No Sprints
• Team works on unplanned stories as they come along
• Board consists of “To-Do”, “In Progress”, and “Done” (No Test/Ready for Test)
• Ex. Production Support, System Team