4.9 Roles And Organizations Terminology Page 103 Flashcards
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Actor
A user of the system (person or other system) defined by its role with respect to the system
Agile coach
An experienced leader who consistently directs team members to move beyond the performance of agile practices and adopt agile thinking.
Business owner
Scrum role that exist outside of the team that represents Management; simply either sponsor, lead stakeholder, owner of the project result (solution) or product.
Core team (agile)
Group composed of the cross functional team members with varying levels of agile knowledge; typically comprise of a sponsor, project management, developers, quality, assurance, personnel, architecture expert, product, manager, and business knowledge experts
Customer
The internal or external individual(s) or entity(its) that pay(s) to obtain a project product, service, or result
Customer (Agile)
The person or group, internal or external, responsible for creating the vision, creating and prioritizing user stories and the product backlog, writing acceptance tests, and accepting completed work; also known as a purchaser or user
Developer
Programmer
Functional manager
A manager of any unit that creates a product or execute a service; also known as a line manager
Functional organization
And entity that is arranged by Department or purpose and focuses on operational work rather than project work
Influencer
A person or organization is necessarily directly related to the project, but can influence the project in either a good or bad way
Initiator
An organization or individual authorized and capable of starting a project
Matrix diagrams
A quality management tool the analyzes data by showing relationships between the data
Matrix organization
And organizational framework that mandates is sharing the responsibility for the assignment of resources and priorities between the project manager and the functional manager
Operations
The day-to-day repeatable activities that a company performs.
Organizational learning
The study of the manner which knowledge is elaborated by individuals, groups, and organizations.
Project management office (PMO)
An organization area responsible for standardizing governance processes for projects and for making available resources, methodologies, and tools and techniques.
Project management team
The individuals on the project team who performed project management activities.
Project manager (PM)
The person authorized by the performing organization to direct the team accountable for realizing project objectives.
Project-oriented organizations
An organizational framework that is structured to conduct most of its activities as project work rather than functional work
Scribe
The person who documents meetings and modeling sessions
Scrum team
A self-organizing, cross-functional group of individuals who do the work of the Scrum
Scrum master
The servant leader and facilitator who ensures that the Scrum process is followed, the Scrum is used in a positive way by the team, and the team is continually improving its use of Scrum.
Senior management
Typically, Management that supports the sponsor, the project charter, and ultimately the project.
Servant leader
A leader whose focuses on providing what the team needs, removing road blocks, and performing tasks that will support and improve team productivity
