Agile Principles and Mindset

Question 1

What are the two strategies to fulfil agile values and principles?

Answer 1

a) adopt a formal agile approach

b) implement changes in a manner that fits the context and serves the value

Question 2

Industrial vs. Knowledge Work

Answer 2

Industrial -> Upfront planning is required (Task driven, command and control)
Knowledge -> expects change and is invisible work (Value driven, autonomy of individuals)

Question 3

Empirical vs. Defined Processes

Answer 3

Defined -> works always the same way

Empirical -> observe and react on results of the work

Question 4

6 Declaration of Interdependence (DoI) Rules

and Agile Leadership Network

Answer 4

1 -> Increase ROI
2-> Deliver reliable results
3-> expect uncertainty
4-> unleash creativity and innovation
5-> boost performance
6-> improve effectiveness and reliability

Question 5

Agile Core Principles

Answer 5

1 -> Welcome and expect change
2-> create small value-added increments
3-> Utilize feedback loops
4-> learn through discovery and creativity
5-> Focus on value for stakeholders
6-> Fail and learn fast
7-> deliver value
8-> improve upon the project/work

Question 6

Inverted Triangle Model

Answer 6

Normal -> Time, Costs vs. Scope

Agile-> Time and Costs are Fixed and Scope varies

Question 7

Organizational Agility Concept

Answer 7

Person > Team&raquo_space; Organization -> Start with one and increase throughout the organization

Question 8

Difference between doing vs. being Agile

Answer 8

Doing -> Knowing the terms

Being -> having the mindset

Question 9

Agile Manifesto - The four Values

Answer 9

1-> Individuals and Interactions over (>) processes and tools (focus on People first)
2-> Working Software over (>) comprehensive documentation (focus on business need)
3-> Customer collaboration over (>) contract negotiation (focus on change)
4-> Responding to change over (>) following a plan
(focus on progress not perfection)

Question 10

12 Principles of Agile

Answer 10

1-> early and continuous delivery of software
2-> welcome change even late in development
3-> deliver in short timeframes
4-> business and developer work together
5-> empower the team give
6-> face-to-face works better
7-> working software is progress
8-> agile is sustainable (just enough work)
9-> attention to technical excellence
10-> simplicity - what you don’t do is essential
11-> self organizing team
12-> reflect and adjust to become more effective

Question 11

4 Project Lifecycles

Answer 11

a) Predictive -> Fixed Requirements -> Single Delivery -> Manage Cost
b) Iterative-> Dynamic Requirements -> Single Delivery -> Correctness
c) Incremental -> Dynamic Requirements -> Frequent Delivery -> Speed
d) Agile -> Dynamic Requirements -> Frequent Delivery -> Customer Value

Question 12

Scrum Pillars and Values

Answer 12

1->Transparency
2->Inspection
3->Adaptation

Question 13

Scrum Sprints in Detail

Answer 13

1-> Timboxed (1-4 Weeks)
2-> no changes that affect the goal of the sprint
3-> only product owners can cancel a sprint

Question 14

Scrum Sprint activities

Answer 14

1-> planning meeting
2-> development
3-> daily scrums
4-> review meeting
5-> retrospective meeting

Question 15

Scrum Roles

Answer 15

1-> Scrum Master
2-> Product Owner
3-> Development Team

Question 16

Scrum Artifacts

Answer 16

1-> Product Increment
2-> Product Backlog
3-> Sprint Backlog

Question 17

Extreme Programming XP

Answer 17

Includes Pair Programming and has the following phases: Exploration -> Iteration Planning -> Iteration -> Customer Approval -> Small Release

Question 18

Important Components/Values of XP

Answer 18

1->Collaboration
2->Feedback
3->Courage
4->Respect

Question 19

4 XP Roles

Answer 19

1->Coach
2->Customer
3->Programmer
4->Testers

Question 20

XP Core Practices

Answer 20

1->Planning Games
2->Small Releases
3->Customer Tests
4->Collective Code Ownership
5->Code Standards
6->Sustainable Pace
7->Metaphor
8->Continuous Integration
9->Test-driven development
10->Refactoring
11->Simple Design
12->Pair Programming

Question 21

7 Lean Core Concepts

Answer 21

1->Eliminate waste
2->Empower the Team
3->Deliver fast
4->Optimize the whole
5->Build quality in
6->Defer decisions
7->Amplify learning

Question 22

7 wastes of Lean

Answer 22

1->Partially done work
2->Extra processes
3->Extra features
4->Task switching
5->Waiting
6->Motion
7->Defects

Question 23

DSDM (Dynamic System Dev. Method)

Answer 23

1->Focus on the business need
2->Deliver on time
3->Collaborate
4->Never compromise quality
5->Build incrementally from foundations
6->Develop iteratively
7->Communicate continuously and cleary
8->Demonstrate control

Question 24

Feature Driven Development

Answer 24

1->Model of the Product
2->Build a feature list
3->Design the feature
4->Build the Feature

Question 25

What is Crystal

Answer 25

1 -> Flavor of Agile coded by color names
2-> Colors are linked to criticality
3-> Crystal clear, crystal yellow, crystal orange, etc.
4-> Each color indicates also different tailoring of processes, policies and practices

Question 26

Agile Project Management

Answer 26

1 -> Product Vision (Aligned with Company’s strategy)
2-> Product Roadmap (product releases)
3-> Release Planning (Product backlog)
4-> Iteration Planning (Spring planning)
5-> Daily Scrum (15min, done, do, impediments)
6-> Sprint review (demo of the product)
7-> Sprint retrospective (lessons learned)
8-> Released Product

Question 27

Roles in Agile

Answer 27

1-> Cross-functional team members
2-> Product owner
3-> Team facilitator (hub of communications)

Question 28

Agile - Cross-Functional Teams are critical because:

Answer 28

1-> They can deliver finished work in the shortest possible time
2-> with higher quality
3-> Without external dependency

Question 29

Management vs. Leadership

Answer 29

Management -> get things done

Leadership-> Empowerment, direction, principles

Question 30

Agile - Product Owner tasks

Answer 30

1-> guide the direction of the product
2-> rank the work based on business value
3-> provide feedback
4-> Set direction of the next iteration

Question 31

Agile - Team Facilitator

Answer 31

Servant Leader

Question 32

Servant Leadership Concept

Answer 32

=> Purpose -> People -> Process

1-> Self-awareness
2-> Listening
3-> Serving the team
4-> Help people to grow
5-> coaching vs. controlling
6-> Promoting safety, respect & trust
7-> Promoting energy and intelligence of others

=> It’s all about building relationships, facilitate collaboration, remove impediments.

Question 33

Leadership Tasks

Answer 33

1-> Give transparency through visualization
2-> Create save environment for experiments
3-> Experiment with new techniques and processes
4-> Share knowledge through collaboration

Question 34

Team Environment / Team Stages

Answer 34

Forming -> Storming -> Norming -> Performing

–» Adjourning

Question 35

Agile Teams

Answer 35

• > 3-9 members
• > One Team space
• > 100% dedicated
• > Self managed teams

Question 36

Osmotic Communication

Answer 36

-> Is a benefit of co-located teams because you hear and understand what is going on around you

Question 37

Emergent Leadership definition

Answer 37

1-> Team success over (>) individual success
2-> anyone can be a leader
3-> understanding roles and responsibilities
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4-> Allow members to take charge
5-> Motivate members
6-> show recognition of individuals and team
7-> Avoid zero sum reward (only 1. person can win the reward)