Agile

Question 1

Agile

Answer 1

Agile is a group of methodologies that demonstrate a commitment to tight feedback cycle and continuous improvement.
Also follows the incremental delivery model.

Question 2

Purpose of agile

Answer 2

*It helps to ensure that development teams complete projects on time and within budget.

Question 3

Agile methodologies

Answer 3

• Rapid Application Development
• Extreme programming
• Dynamic Systems Development Methodology
• Scrum
• Kanban

Question 4

Agile characteristics

Answer 4

• Analysis, design, implementation etc overlap, not separate activities.
• Minimal formal, written specification & design documentation.
• Very close involvement of clients.
• Extensive use of tools to speed up development.

Question 5

Agile concepts

Answer 5

• Fixed resources-variable requirements- variable requirements
• Incremental delivery
• Iterative development
• Collaboration
• Team working

Question 6

3 constraints in agile

Answer 6

• Requirements are variable.
• Deadline is fixed
• Costs/resources are fixed.

Question 7

Scrum

Answer 7

Scrum is an agile methodology that helps team structure and manage their work through a set of values, principles and practices.

Question 8

product backlog

Answer 8

– A list of features that the system should contain (a wish list).
– It is prioritised.
– These features are usually written as user stories or use cases.
– The initial backlog contains enough items to get the team started.
– The list will change as we understand more about the system/needs.

Question 9

Feature prioritsation

Answer 9

• Features are prioritised based on importance and dependencies.
  ➢M - Must haves (necessary)
  ➢S – Should haves (important)
  ➢C – Could haves (desirable)
  ➢W – Won’t haves (least critical, low value)
• Other approaches: sort by value or sort by risk.
• Agile is about delaying development of features until they are needed.

Question 10

User stories

Answer 10

*User stories describe features from the point of view of the user.
– One user story = one piece of functionality

Question 11

sprint

Answer 11

A full development cycle (design, implementation, testing) focusing on a user story/ stories.
At the end of each Sprint, we have a working software, referred to as a potentially shippable product

Question 12

3 key roles in scrum

Answer 12

A product owner
A scrum master
Development team

Question 13

Daily stand-up

Answer 13

During a Sprint, the team meets every day for 15 minutes.