Introduction To Agile Flashcards by Matt Watson

What is the Agile Manifesto

• Individuals/Interactions over processes & tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Respnding to change over following a plan

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What type of thinking is Agile compatible with?

Lean

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What are the 2 main methods within the foundation syllabus?

• Scrum
• Kanban

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Is Scrum a project management process?

•No it is a type of approach.
•Used as Business as Usual
•Can fit into Prince2

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What is the only Agile method that is a Project Management Lifecycle and cannot be used in Prince2?

DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method/Agile PM)

[Cannot be used in Prince2]

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Give a brief description of Kanban

• A way to improve flow and provoke system improvement through visualisation and controlling work in progress

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Give a brief description of Lean Start-Up

• First used foe startup companies
• To help deliver products to customers quickly

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Give a brief description of Scrum

• Iterative time boxed approach to delivery
• Lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organisations generate value through adaptive solutions

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List the typical Agile behaviours

• Collaborative
• Self-organising
• Customer-focused
• Empowered
• Trusting not blaming

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List the typical Agile concepts

• Prioritising what is delivered
• Working iteratively & incrementally
• Not delivering everything
• Time-focused
• Inspect and adapt
• Kaizen
• Limiting Work in Progress

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List the typical Agile Techniques

• Burn Charts
• User Stories
• Retrospectives
• Time boxing
• Measuring Flow

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What is a backlog?

• A to-do list
• Contain requirements:
- Contain EPICS (at highest level)
- Contain user stories

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What is velocity?

Progress against the sprint/timebox

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What can Scrum help with in projects?

• Create a team
• Building solutions/products

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What is a sprint?

A period of time dedicated to a single objective

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What are the key things to be created in scrum?

• Creation of team
• Creation of a backlog (Product BL & Sprint BL)

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Summarise the Scrum method

• A creation of a Product Backlog (EPICS and user stories)
• Creation of the development team
• DT creates a sprint backlog of a certain no. of EPICS & User Stories to work on
• Daily Scrum meetings in each sprint
• After each sprint there is a sprint review and sprint retrospective

What people are involved in the Scrum team?

• Product Owner (Liaising with customer translates user stories/epics into backlog)
• Develoment Team
• Scrum Master (Help all members to work better)

Is there a project manager in scrum?

• No
• Scrum is not a project management process
(No leader at all)

What is the likely number of people in the Development Team?

• 3-9 people

What is involved in a sprint review?

• Demonstrate achievements to stakeholders
• Allow to adapt to change if requested by stakeholder for next sprint

What is a sprint retrospective?

• Plan ways to increase quality & effectiveness for next sprint
• Scrum team reviews last sprint (Individuals, processes, interactions & tools)
• Identifies helpful changes

What are the 5 Scrum events?

Sprint Planning
The Sprint
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective

What creates the Sprint Backlog

• The development team and their Sprint Planning Meeting

What are Scrum Artefacts?

1. Product Backlog (High level objectives - EPICS & User St) 2. Sprint Backlog (Creation of work from Prod Backlog to achieve individual objective) 3. Increment - A block of sprints/work to create a definition of done for a stepping stone towards the product goal

Summarise a Kanban Board.

• Used to create an information radiator • Normally divided into 3 categories: - To Do - Work in Progress - Done • Optional additional category of Testing/Verify • Aids in Definition of Ready • Aids in Definition of Done

In a Kanban Board, what is the "Definition of Ready"?

• Something is ready to move into next workstream • Pieces of work ready to be deployed

In a Kanban Board, what is the "Definition of Done"?

• A piece of that has been tested and deployed

In a Kanban Board, what are Working Progress Limits (WIP)

• Work started but not delivered from system. • For example because a restricted No. of people available ie. in the build workstream or Deployment workstream. • Can indicate status for incidents, problems, changes etc.

What problem does Lean Start-Up Address from the project management process?

• The changing of customer requirements towards the end of the stage

What are the features of Lean Start-Up?

• Build, measure learn (Ready, Fire, Aim) • Create a minimum viable product • Fail Fast • Validated Learning

What is the Prince2 Agile/ Lean Start-Up version of a Minimum Viable Product?

• A version of the final product allowing maximum amount of validated learning with the least effort. • Delivered as early as possible • The purpose is learning and may not be used. • eg. Prototype or experiment

What are the testers of MVPs called?

Early Adopters Beta Testers User Acceptor Testers Focus Groups

Summarise the lifecycle of Lean Start-Up.

1. Leap of faith (Choose to build MVP not wait to end of project to handover) 2. What makes a successful product? 3. Build MVP (Prototype) 4. Offer to early Adopters 5. Measure success by validated learning 6. Hypothesise & experiment to improve product 7. Measure success by validated learning -7a. If successful put into mainstream -7b. If not hypothesise & experiment again Or pivot and try a new leap of faith

Where can Kanban, Scrum & Lean Start-Up fit in the Prince2 processes?

Managing Product Delivery

What Agile Way of Working could be used to effectively address large amounts of work packages in a stage?

Kanban Board

Who can attend the daily Scrum meeting?

- Development Team - PM & Project can observe but not interfere

Agile was first created when?

1995

What does Agile put a lot of emphasis on?

Planning

What describes the relationship between "cause and effect" of events and interactions?

Cynefin Its a framework to help understand the complexity of a project. If X happens and results in Y, what is the relationship Used in start up 5 Relationships: - Obvious - Complicated - Complex - Chaotic - Disorder • Used to assess output, outcome or benefit • Used to assess project environment • Collaboratively assessed

Which communication channel is favoured as a faster channel in Agile?

Verbally face-to-face