Agile Project Management - What Is a Theme

The video tutorial explains the concept of themes in project management, defining a theme as a collection of stories with a shared attribute. It contrasts themes with epics, noting that epics are large stories that may be broken down into smaller stories, while themes are collections of related stories. The tutorial provides examples using sports homepages and discusses how themes can be completed across multiple sprints. It concludes by summarizing the differences between epics and themes.

What is a theme in the context of story collections?

• A single large story

• A collection of stories with a shared attribute

• A story that cannot be completed in one sprint

• A random group of unrelated stories

How do the sports home pages in the example relate to each other?

• They are both epics

• They are different types of sports

• They are part of the same theme due to their shared structure

• They are unrelated stories

What is a key difference between a theme and an epic?

• A theme is a single story, while an epic is a collection

• An epic is a collection of themes

• An epic is a large story that may be broken down, while a theme is a collection of related stories

• A theme is always completed in one sprint, while an epic is not

Why might a theme not be completed within a single iteration?

• Because themes are completed before epics

• Because themes are not related

• Because the stories within a theme are often too large to complete in one sprint

• Because themes are always large

What is a suggested strategy for tackling multiple stories within a theme?

• Complete the largest story first

• Ignore the theme and focus on individual stories

• Tackle the first story in one iteration and subsequent stories in later iterations

• Complete all stories in one sprint