Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards

In Disciplined Agile, who is primarily responsible for prioritizing the team backlog and ensuring work items deliver business value?

Answer: Product Owner

The Product Owner owns the team backlog and is responsible for prioritizing work to maximize delivered business value.

Which DA role acts as a servant leader, removing impediments and coaching the team on agile practices?

Answer: Team Lead

The Team Lead (analogous to a Scrum Master) serves as a servant leader, facilitating the team and removing blockers.

In DA, the Architecture Owner is responsible for:

Answer: Guiding technical architecture and ensuring technical integrity

The Architecture Owner guides the architectural direction of the solution and ensures technical integrity throughout the project.

A stakeholder in Disciplined Agile is BEST described as:

Answer: Anyone who is impacted by or can impact the outcome of the team

Stakeholders include anyone who can affect or be affected by the team's work, not just the customer paying for it.

In DA's team-of-teams scaling scenario, the role that coordinates across multiple agile delivery teams is typically the:

Answer: Program Manager

A Program Manager coordinates dependencies and alignment across multiple agile delivery teams in a scaled context.

Which statement BEST describes the DA concept of 'team member' versus 'specialist'?

Answer: Team members can be generalists or T-shaped professionals who contribute broadly

DA encourages T-shaped professionals who have deep expertise in one area but can contribute across multiple disciplines.

In Disciplined Agile, what is the primary responsibility of an Enterprise Architect within a delivery team context?

Answer: Providing architectural guidance and ensuring the solution aligns with enterprise standards

Enterprise Architects provide architectural guidance to teams and ensure solutions align with broader enterprise technical strategies.