Scrum Training - day 1

Agile is...

• set of techniques and tools that help in project management

• a combination of waterfall, 4 values and 12 principles

• a time boxed, iterative and incremental approach to a product delivery

• a rebel approach to software delivery with no need for planning and documentation

Iterative development means starting with something really simple and...

• finish as soon as possible

• adding to it incrementally over time.

• divide the whole scope into many sub-projects

• achieve at least two goals in each iteration

In Agile all phases like analysis, design, execution and testing...

• occur in every single iteration.

• occur before each iteration

• should occur in subsequent iterations

• are not needed anymore

Agile teams are NOT ...

• trustworthy

• self-improving

• self-managing

• managed by a manager

Which is NOT one of the principles of the Agile Manifesto:

• The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

• Complexity of software projects should be solved by iterative approach

• Welcome changing requirements, even late in development.

• Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile Manifesto consist of ... values and ... principles

• 4; 12

• 3; 5

• 5; 12

• 4; 7

In Cynefin framework we count on knowledge and experience of experts if the problem is from ... domain.

• chaos

• complex

• complicated

• simple

According to Cynefin it could be helpful to conduct experiments and accept possible failure if the problem is from ... domain.

• chaos

• complex

• complicated

• simple

Waterfall approach may be used successfully in software development only if ...

• we overlap subsequent stages of the project

• we have an experienced Project Manager

• we have good experts who estimated budget and time

• we have experts who did exactly the same project in the past

Which statement doesn't seem agile?

• Self-organizing teams can do whatever they want as long as the customer is satisfied

• We must deliver valuable software and not just documentation and plans

• We should focus on customer. Satisfying only our own management should not be our only goal

• Changes can be great for a project if they allow us to deliver some late high-priority features