scrum and other processes

Question 1

scrum roles

Answer 1

developer
product owner
scrum master

Question 2

scrum events

Answer 2

the sprint - specific work completed and made ready for review
sprint planning - time boxed events which determine which product backlog items will be delivered and how the work will be achieved
the daily stand-up - 15min meeting which covers progress since last stand up and planned work
sprint review - team present work, owner accepts or rejects, stake holders give feedback
the retrospective - final team meeting, www, ebi, attended by team and master

Question 3

six sigma

Answer 3

• techniques to minimise defects
• 3.4 in every million, 99.99966%

define - whats the issue
measure - extent of issue
analyse - where it occurs
improve - put procedures in place
control - insure procedures are implemented and maintained with good QA

Question 4

lean manufacture

Answer 4

aims to eliminate all waste from product production

Question 5

7 types of muda, waste in lean manufacturing

Answer 5

TIMWOOD
transport - damage or loss, reduce distance
inventory - JIT, held stock risk of damage
movement - employees and equipment, unnecessary movement during production
waiting - different processes should take the same amount of time
over production - JiT, storage costs
over processing - correct equipment used for each process, investments must be justified
defects - must be removed, needs good QC and QA

Question 6

ERP

Answer 6

enterprise resource planning
- uses gathered data to calculate, manage and coordinate companies resources, finance and personnel

Question 7

PDM

Answer 7

product data management
- stores, checks and shares information
- anyone with permission can access information
- all ways up to date

Question 8

QRM

Answer 8

quick response manufacturing
- reduction of lead time across company

time awareness - inventory costs, response to market changes, business agility
organisational structure - flexible cell production, independent from each other
system dynamics - variability and capacity utilisation, lead time
unified strategy - using QRM throughout company

Question 9

5 stages of lean manufacturing

Answer 9

value - what customer is prepared to pay for
value stream - identifying value and non-value adding activities
flow - design processes should result in an uninterrupted flow
pull - a response to demand
perfection - adopt an approach that continually improves processes, kaizen

Question 10

critical path analysis stages

Answer 10

1) identify and prioritise activities
2) identify order
3) EST
4) LFT
5) identify the float, what can be completed outside the critical path
6) identify the critical path

Question 11

product life cycle

Answer 11

introduction
growth
maturity
decline